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What is an equation of the line that passes through the points (-3, -2) and (2, -7)

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What is an equation of the line that passes through the points (-3, -2) and (2, -7)-example-1
User Agush
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Answer:

y=x-9

Explanation:

There are 2 parts to finding the equation of a line: the slope and the y-intercept. In the equation y=mx+b, m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

First, let's find the slope. 2-(-3)=5 and -7-(-2)=-5, so the slope is -5/5=-1.

Now we can plug in one of the given points to the equation to find the y intercept:

y=x+b

-7=2+b

b=-9

Now, we have the slope and the y intercept, so we can write the equation.

y=x-9

I hope I did well enough explaining this. Happy mathing!

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