Question

Find an equation of the line containing the given pair of points.

(-7,-1) and (-3,-8)

The equation of the line in slope-intercept form is y=______

How do I do this?

Answer 1

slope = [-1-(-8)]/[-7-(-3)] = -7/4
equation is
y-(-1) = -7/4[x-(-7)]
y= -7/4x - 53/4

Answer 2

Thank you, that helped. But how did you get the 53?