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Write an equation of the line that passes through each pair of points

Write an equation of the line that passes through each pair of points-example-1
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(\stackrel{x_1}{-10}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{4})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{2}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-5}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{-5}-\stackrel{y1}{4}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{2}-\underset{x_1}{(-10)}}} \implies \cfrac{-9}{2 +10} \implies \cfrac{ -9 }{ 12 }\implies -\cfrac{3}{4}


\begin{array}c \cline{1-1} \textit{point-slope form}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ y-y_1=m(x-x_1) \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}\implies y-\stackrel{y_1}{4}=\stackrel{m}{-\cfrac{3}{4}}(x-\stackrel{x_1}{(-10)}) \implies y -4= -\cfrac{3}{4} (x +10) \\\\\\ y-4=-\cfrac{3}{4}x-\cfrac{15}{2}\implies y=-\cfrac{3}{4}x-\cfrac{15}{2}+4\implies {\Large \begin{array}{llll} y=-\cfrac{3}{4}x-\cfrac{7}{2} \end{array}}

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