Use the equation to find the slope: m=y2-y1/x2-x1 and plug in each of the y coordinates into the numerator and each of the x coordinates in the denominator
m=-2-3/4-8
-5/-4
m=5/4
Plug in the slope and one of the ordered pairs into y=mx+b. I’ll use (8,3)
3=5/4(8)+b
3=10+b
-7=b
Equation: y=5/4x-7