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Write the equation of the line that passes through the points (-4,-1) and (-7,1).

Put your answer in fully reduced point-slope form, unless it is a vertical or horizontal
line.

User Franco Ponticelli
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Answer:

There are two possible answers

  • y - 4 = (3/8)(x - 1)
  • y - 1 = (3/8)(x + 7)

There are two answers because there are 2 points given. Both equations convert to the slope intercept form equation y = (3/8)x + 29/8

Explanation:

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