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What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3,0.5) and (3,-0.5) ? please explain in full detail. I would very much like an explanation. i will report answers that are not relevent to my question. thank you in advance :)

Answer 1

Hi there!

To start, we can use the two points to find the slope using the formula y2-y1/x2-x1. Just sub in the points and solve!

-0.5-0.5/3-(-3)
-1/6
Sub that into the formula y-mx+b for m, and use one of the points for x and y - solve for b and you get your equation.

y=mx+b
y=-1/6x+b
0.5=-1/6*-3+b
0.5=-0.5+b
0.5+0.5=b
b=1

Therefore your equation is y=-1/6x+1

Hope this helps!