Now draw a line through the two points and extend the line in both directions. Remember from the previous Concept that and are used interchangeably. Therefore, to write a function in point-slope form, you replace y − y 1 with f ( x ) − y 1 .
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The slope, or steepness, of a line is found by dividing the vertical change (rise) by the horizontal change (run). The formula is slope =(y₂ - y₁)/(x₂ - x₁), where (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) are the coordinates of two points on the line.
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Steps to find the equation of a line from two points: Find the slope using the slope formula. Use the slope and one of the points to solve for the y-intercept (b). Once you know the value for m and the value for b, you can plug these into the slope-intercept form of a line (y = mx + b) to get the equation for the line.
Point-slope is the general form y-y₁=m(x-x₁) for linear equations. It emphasizes the slope of the line and a point on the line (that is not the y-intercept). We can rewrite an equation in point-slope form to be in slope-intercept form y=mx+b, to highlight the same line's slope and y-intercept.
Point-slope form: y-a = m(x-b). For example, your slope (m) is 3 and your point (a,b) is 9,10. You would substitute your y-coordinate for a, and your x- coordinate for b. Your new equation would look like this: y-10 = 3(x-9).
We can rewrite an equation in slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) to be in standard form (Ax+By=C) instead. In this example, we rewrite the slope-intercept equation y=2/3x+4/7 in standard form.
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