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Find the equation of the line shown

Find the equation of the line shown-example-1
User Dbenhur
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Answer:

Slope intercept form:

y = mx + b

Where 'y' is the independent variable and 'x' is the dependent variable.

'm' represents the slope(rise/run), and 'b' represents the y-intercept(where the line meets the y-axis).

If we look at this graph, we can see the line meets the y-axis at 1. So 1, will be our y - intercept.

We can also see, that from the point 1, it rises 1 and goes over 1. So 1, will be our slope as well.

To double check this, we select two fixed points on this graph and subtract the y-coordinates from each other and divide the result of that by the x-coordinates subtracted from each other.

y2(second y-coordinate) - y1(first y-coordinate)

_____________________________________

x2(second x-coordinate) - x1(first x-coordinate)

We pick the two points to be, (1,2) and (2,3).

3 - 2 1

______ = _______, which is equal to 1, so 1 is the slope.

2 - 1 1

Now we insert these values into our slope intercept form equation:-

y = mx + b

y = 1x + 1 or y = x + 1.

Where 1 is the slope, and the y-intercept is 1.

User RobbB
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Answer:

y=x+1

Explanation:

The slope of the equation is 1, you can try the rise over run method or picking 2 points and subtracting them for example 2,3 and 3,4

2,3-3-4=1,1. The y-intercept is 1 because that is the point where the line crosses the y axis.

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