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What is an equation of a line that passes through the points (3, -5) and (-6,-8)?

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Answer:

y=1/3 x -6, y equals one third x minus 6

Explanation:

The equation will look like -5/3 - -8/-6 since we're finding the slope. That equals 3/9 or 1/3, the slope is 1/3. But since we also need to find the y-intercept, we need to solve another equation, y-y1=m(x-x1). Now we just need to put in the values. y-(-5)=1/3(x-3) this becomes y+5=1/3 x - 1, subtract 5 to isolate y, y=1/3 x -6.

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