Question

What is the slope of this line? the equation for a line that passes through the points (5,-3) and (-10,15)?

Answer 1

Part 1: Finding slope

The slope is $\frac{-3-15}{5-(-10)}=\frac{-18}{15}=\boxed{-\frac{6}{5}}$

Part 2: Finding the equation

Using the point (-10, 15) to substitute into point-slope form,

$y-15=-\frac{6}{5}(x+10)\\\\y-15=-\frac{6}{5}x-12\\\\\boxed{y=-\frac{6}{5}x+3}$

Answer 2

Answer:

Using the given points we find that the slope is -1.2 and using the slope-point form we find that the equation of line is y+1.2x = 3.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the question, two points are given, (5,-3) and (-10,15). Using them we can find the slope using the formula, (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1). So, the slope is

(-3-15) / (5+10) = -18 / 15 = -1.2

Now, we have to find the equation of line. We have two points and a slope. Using any one point and the slope, we can find the equation of line using slope-point form of line. Let us take (5,-3).

(y+3) / (x-5) = -1.2

y+3 = -1.2(x-5)

y+3 = -1.2x + 6

y+1.2x = 3

So, the slope of line is -1.2 and the equation of line is y+1.2x = 3.

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