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Please help! This is my last question on the homework and it’s taking forever for me to do

Please help! This is my last question on the homework and it’s taking forever for-example-1
User Halit
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There are a few possible answers and they are

y - 40 = 1(x - 0)

y - 50 = 1(x - 10)

y - 60 = 1(x - 20)

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Step-by-step explanation:

Pick two blue points from the graph. I recommend points that land on grid intersections so we can read the coordinates easily. Two such points are (0,40) and (10,50)

Use the slope formula to find the slope

m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

m = (50-40)/(10-0)

m = 10/10

m = 1

The slope is 1.

Note how I subtracted the y coordinates, then did the same for the x coordinates in the same order, and divided the differences.

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Since your teacher wants the answer in point slope form, we'll use this as our template

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

where m is the slope and (x1,y1) a the point the line goes through. We have infinitely many choices for (x1,y1) since there are infinitely many points on this line.

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If we use (x1,y1) = (0,40), then we get

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

y - 40 = 1(x - 0)

which is one possible answer

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If we use (x1,y1) = (10,50), then we get

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

y - 50 = 1(x - 10)

which is another possible answer

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If we use (x1,y1) = (20,60), then we get

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

y - 60 = 1(x - 20)

which is another possible answer

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So again there are multiple answers possible. The slope stays the same each time, but x1 and y1 change depending on which point you choose.

User Cristian Rennella
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Answer: y = x + 40

Step-by-step explanation: y = x + 40

First of all, the line starts at the y-axis on 40, which means the y-intercept is 40.

Second, the slope, Rise over run. y2 - y1 / x2 - x1, which is = to 50 - 40 divided by 15 - 5. That is 10 over 10 or 10/10. The slope of that is 1 so the slope is just x.

User Hodaya Shalom
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