Indicate the equation of the given line in standard form.

The line with slope and containing the midpoint of the segment whose end points are (2, -3) and (-6, 5)
I tried 3 different times and none of them were right, help?

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Indicate the equation of the given line in standard form.

The line with slope  and containing the midpoint of the segment whose end points are (2, -3) and (-6, 5)
I tried 3 different times and none of them were right, help?

anonymous · Answer

I would start with y=mx+b. M being slope, b being y intercept.
First find the slope of the two points $$(x_{1},y_{1}) (x _{2},y _{2})$$

Then plug slope into y=mx+b. then plug in one of the points to solve for b.

Understand?

anonymous · Answer

oops slope is 9/7

anonymous · Answer

and yeah i think so

anonymous · Answer

So if slope is 9/7.
 y=9/7x+b. You should plug in one of those points (x,y) and solve for b. once you get b plug it in and move the xs and ys to the same side for standard form

anonymous · Answer

actuallly, im not sure. the question itself confuses me. they use standard form, $$y-y _{1}=m\left( x - x_{1}\right) $$

anonymous · Answer

You just move x or y to one side of the equation once you get it in y=mx+b. y-mx=b

anonymous · Answer

$$(y-(-3)=m(x-2)$$with that just plug in one of points into the equation.