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3. Write an equation of a line with a slope of 3. 4. Write the same equation from #3, but in a different way 5. What is the coordinate point of the y intercept of the line y = -3x + 7?

3. Write an equation of a line with a slope of 3. 4. Write the same equation from-example-1

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Question 3:

The equation of a line may be written in many forms.

One of them is the slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is given by


y=mx+b

Where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept of the line.

For question 3,

We have slope m = 3

Since y-intercept is not given we can consider it zero (b = 0)

So the equation of the line may be written as


y=3x

Question 4:

Another way to write the equation of a line is called the point-slope form.

The point-slope form is given by


(y-y_1)=m(x-x_1)

Where (x₁, y₁) is a point on the line and m is the slope.


(y-y_1)=3(x-x_1)

If you substitute any point on this line into the above equation and simplify it then you will always end up with the same equation as before.

For example:

In the previous problem, we found that (1, 3) is a point on the line having the slope m = 3


(y-3)=3(x-1)

Let us simplify it


\begin{gathered} y-3=3x-3 \\ y=3x-3+3 \\ y=3x \end{gathered}

Hence, we got the same equation as in question 3

Answer to question 3:


y=3x

Answer to question 4:


(y-y_1)=3(x-x_1)

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