Given:
A line passes through the points (-3,7) and (9,-5).
To find:
The equation of the line in the form of
.
Solution:
If a line passes through two points, then the equation of the line is:
![y-y_1=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)(x-x_1)](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/high-school/wkwv82bw6qlga765myohf3n6p3g9tbbqs4.png)
A line passes through the points (-3,7) and (9,-5). So, the equation of the given line is:
![y-7=(-5-7)/(9-(-3))(x-(-3))](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/6lkxrw44bblnxba04l9j15vhh0nqyarafz.png)
![y-7=(-5-7)/(9+3)(x+3)](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/j6x0vid6pzn6ii82ggkui5raf10wwd1o4o.png)
![y-7=(-12)/(12)(x+3)](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/p765m9muzfsibll0dk2wmwzifrdd5j3l6g.png)
![y-7=-1(x+3)](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/b1jubx44725eloqovxpd7ep6yvdg3uclcq.png)
On further simplification, we get
![y-7=-x-3](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/hs2dt9n4lj8d4a1tmh573jdnq9g9jtphr0.png)
![y-7+7=-x-3+7](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/bmo99o91yr20uruf8p1nfglkec72c1izxd.png)
![y=-x+4](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/high-school/2y86u7us2n0x4y742ee8zatbeg6e0gwvjz.png)
Therefore, the equation of the required line is
.