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Writing equations of lines

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The standard equation of a line format is:

y=mx+b

where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept

To find m, calculate the change in y over the change in x. To do so, choose two points on the graph that land on coordinates of whole numbers. Lets use points (0,6) and (1,1).

the change in y-values = 1-6 = -5
the change in x-values = 1-0 = 1

This makes the slope -5/1 or just -5.

m = -5

Now let’s find the y-intercept, which is easy for us because we already used it as one of our slope points. This is when x=0, so our y-intercept is the point (0,6).

b = 6

Now piece this together:

y = mx+b

y = -5x + 6

That is the equation of this line!

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