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Write the equation of the line that passes through the given points.(-12,0) and (0,1)The equation of the line is

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To find the equation of a line that passes through the points (-12,0) and (0,1)

We will follow the steps below

We will first find the slope

slope (m) = y₂-y₁ / x₂-x₁

From the question x₁= -12 y₁ =0 x₂=0 y₂=1

Substituting the above into the slope(m) formula

m = 1-0 / 0+12

m = 1/12

We will now proceed to use the formula below to find the equation of the line;

y-y₁ = m(x - x₁)

we already know our; x₁ , y₁ and the slope(m), so we will just substitute into the above formula

y-0 = 1/12 (x+12)

We can further simplify the above to give;

12y = x+ 12

or


y\text{ =}(1)/(12)x\text{ + 1}

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