Question: the line that passes through the point (-1,4) and point (6,y) has a slope of 5/7. find y.
Solution:
By definition, the slope of a line is given by the formula:
where m is the slope of the line and (X1,Y1), (X2,Y2) are any two points on the line. In this case, we have that:
(X1,Y1) = (-1,4)
(X2,Y2) = (6,y)
m = 5/7
thus, replacing the above data into the slope equation, we get:
this is equivalent to:
By cross-multiplication, this is equivalent to:
solving for y, we get:
then, we can conclude that the correct answer is:
