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Lesson 7: Writing slope-intercept equations- Slope-intercept equation from graph
- Writing slope-intercept equations
- Slope-intercept equation from graph
- Slope-intercept equation from slope & point
- Slope-intercept equation from two points
- Slope-intercept from two points
- Slope-intercept form problems
- Slope-intercept form from a table
- Slope-intercept form review
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Writing slope-intercept equations
Learn how to find the slope-intercept equation of a line from two points on that line.
If you haven't read it yet, you might want to start with our introduction to slope-intercept form.
Writing equations from -intercept and another point
Let's write the equation of the line that passes through the points and in slope-intercept form.
Recall that in the general slope-intercept equation , the slope is given by and the -intercept is given by .
Finding
The -intercept of the line is , so we know that .
Finding
Recall that the slope of a line is the ratio of the change in over the change in between any two points on the line:
Therefore, this is the slope between the points and :
In conclusion, the equation of the line is .
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Writing equations from any two points
Let's write the equation of the line that passes through and in slope-intercept form.
Note that we are not given the -intercept of the line. This makes things a little bit more difficult, but we are not afraid of a challenge!
Finding
Finding
We know that the line is of the form , but we still need to find . To do that, we substitute the point into the equation.
Because any point on a line must satisfy that line’s equation, we get an equation that we can solve to find .
In conclusion, the equation of the line is .
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- I think I may need to give up and be a farmer because this is to hard(252 votes)
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- fr but i think lemonade would be better(42 votes)
- everything about what we are learning I don't understand(58 votes)
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- no way that this makes a single drop of sense(33 votes)
- The first step (Finding the slope) isn't all that difficult. You just need to subtract while remembering which numbers go where.
But when finding the y intercept.. I'm completely lost lol.(7 votes)
- What is the rule with deciding which point value gets subtracted from the other?(22 votes)
- It doesn't matter. The only difference is that there's a sign change, but since this happens both for 𝛥𝑦 as for 𝛥𝑥 these changes cancel out when we divide the two (𝛥𝑦∕𝛥𝑥).
𝛥𝑦 = 𝑦₂ − 𝑦₁ = −(𝑦₁ − 𝑦₂)
𝛥𝑥 = 𝑥₂ − 𝑥₁ = −(𝑥₁ − 𝑥₂)
⇒
𝛥𝑦∕𝛥𝑥 = (𝑦₂ − 𝑦₁)∕(𝑥₂ − 𝑥₁) = −(𝑦₁ − 𝑦₂)∕(−(𝑥₁ − 𝑥₂)) = (𝑦₁ − 𝑦₂)∕(𝑥₁ − 𝑥₂)(24 votes)
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- my head hurts(23 votes)
- fr like im just gonna be physical therapist so i dont have to do math(10 votes)
- On number 4, why would b=17?(20 votes)
- This is the process they show you:
y =−4x+b
9 =−4⋅2+b
9 =−8+b
17=b
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In THIS ("9 =−8+b") step they are subtracting -8 from 9 which looks like this: 9-(-8). We know that two negative operations make a positive sum, which is why the answer is 17 : 9-(-8) = 17.
(14 votes)
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like i did fine on my Quiz(16 votes) - how do you change 7x+3y=3 into slope intercept form(6 votes)
- For something to be in slope-intercept for, y needs to be isolated on one side of the equation.
Here's how you'd do that:7x + 3y = 3
Subtract 7x from both sides:7x + 3y - 7x = 3 - 7x
Simplify:3y = 3 - 7x
Now, divide both sides by 3:3y/3 = 3/3 - 7x/3
Simplify:y = 1 - (7/3)x
Usually, we have the intercept (in this case 1) on the right side, so simply move it:y = -(7/3)x + 1
(19 votes)