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).
Slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) of linear equations highlights the slope (m) and the y-intercept (b) of a line.
Slope-intercept form can be thought of as a specific case of point-slope form, in which the "point" is the y-intercept. Thus, to convert to point-slope form, first convert to slope-intercept form, then move the constant term b to the left side of the equation (or isolate x and then divide by the y coefficient).
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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.
How to Write Slope-Intercept Form Using Two Points? Find the slope using m = (y₂ - y₁) / (x₂ - x₁). Substitute it in the equation y = mx + b. Substitute any one of the given points to be (x, y) in the above equation and solve for b. Substitute the value of b back into the same equation (from the second step).
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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These are the two methods to finding the equation of a line when given a point and the slope: Substitution method = plug in the slope and the (x, y) point values into y = mx + b, then solve for b. Point-slope form = y − y 1 = m ( x − x 1 ) , where ( x 1 , y 1 ) is the point given and m is the slope given.