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Finding The Equation of A Line Given Two

The document provides steps for finding the equation of a line given two points on the line. It outlines calculating the slope using the slope formula, using the slope and a point to solve for the y-intercept, and plugging these into the slope-intercept form to get the final equation. It also notes that the line can then be graphed.

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Finding The Equation of A Line Given Two

The document provides steps for finding the equation of a line given two points on the line. It outlines calculating the slope using the slope formula, using the slope and a point to solve for the y-intercept, and plugging these into the slope-intercept form to get the final equation. It also notes that the line can then be graphed.

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Finding the Equation of a Line

given Two points, and Graphing


a Line given its Equation

Crisselle Joy V. Ondos


BSED-Mathematics IV
How to Find the Equation of a Line from
Two Points
 Steps to find the equation of a line from two
points:
1. Find the slope using the slope formula
 Slope = m = rise/run = y2−y1/x2−x1
 Point 1 or P1=(x1,y1)
 Point 2 or P2=(x2,y2)
2. Use the slope and one of the points to solve for the
y-intercept (b).
 One of your points can replace the x and y, and the
slope you just calculated replaces the m of your
equation (y = mx + b). Then b is the only variable left.
Use the tools you know for solving for a variable to
solve for b.
3. 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.
4. Graph

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