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Equation of the line passing through (7,5) and (1, 2)​

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Answer:


y = (1)/(2)x + (3)/(2)

Explanation:

Assuming this is a linear equation in the form of
y = mx + b, we can first solve for the slope using
(y_2 - y_1)/(x_2 - x_1), for these points, the slope would be
(1)/(2). Now we plug in the points to get the equation:

plugging in (7,5), we get
5 = (1)/(2) ×
7 +
b

and solving for b, we get b =
(3)/(2)

therefore, the equation of the line passing through (7,5) and (1,2) is
y = (1)/(2)x + (3)/(2).

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