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What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (7,4) and has a slope of 1?

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Answer:

y = x - 3

Explanation:

Consider the equation "y = mx + b" :

y = mx + b

Since the slope is 1, you could input that into the equation:

y = (1)x + b

The variable "b" represents the y-intercept, therefore, to find the y - intercept, you would have to subtract 7 from each side of the coordinate points to get 0 as the x - coordinate to find the y - intercept:

(7 4)

-7 || -7

(0, -3)

Therefore, the y - intercept would be -3 and the equation would be:

y = x - 3

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