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PLEASE HELP WITH MATH PROBLEM +10 ASAP THANK YOU!?

write an equation for the line passing through the given pair of points

(-1/5,8/5) and (4/5,7/5)

write an equation for the line passing through the given pair of points

give final answer in

(a)slope-intercept form

(b)standard form

THANK YOU SO MUCH

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  • 9 years ago
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    .....y2 - y1

    m=------------

    .....x2 - x1

    ...7/5 - 8/5

    =---------------- = - 1/5

    ....4/5 - (-1/5)

    (a) slope- intercept for

    y = mx + b

    8/5 = (-1/5)(-1/5) + b

    8/5 = 1/25 + b

    b = 8/5 - 1/25

    b = 39/25

    equation of the line is slope- intercept form y = -1/5x + 39/25.. answer//

    (b) standard form

    Ax + By = C

    [y = -1/5x + 39/25]25

    25y = - 5x + 39

    5x + 25y = 39 answer//

  • 9 years ago

    slope = (y1 - y2)/(x1 - x2) in which (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are two points the line passes through. It doesn't matter which point is point 1 and which is point 2.

    slope = m = (8/5 - 7/5)/(-1/5 - 4/5) = (1/5)/(-5/5) = -1/5

    Likewise, slope = (7/5 - 8/5)/(4/5 - -1/5) = (-1/5)/1 = -1/5

    Substitute either of the points for (x1, y1) and slope for m in

    y - y1 = m(x - x1)

    y - 7/5 = -1/5(x - 4/5)

    y - 7/5 = -1/5x + 4/25

    y = -x/5 + 39/25...slope intercept form

    y + x/5 = 39/25

    25y + 5x = 39...standard form

  • 9 years ago

    y=-1/5x+39/25

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