Question

True or False? The point-slope form of a line is y + y1 = m(x + x1), where m is the slope and (x1, y1) is a point on the line.
It's false right?

Answer 1

Why would you say it's false?

Answer 2

I'm thinking about
y2 - y1
x2 - x1

Answer 3

That's how you get slop

Answer 4

slope

Answer 5

m = y2-y1/x2-x1

Answer 6

oh so that statement about the question is true?

Answer 7

If i gave you the point slope form

Answer 8

and told you to use (4,2),(5,3) what would you do with the point slope form?

Answer 9

I want you to understand this first, before you pick your answer.

Answer 10

What are x1 and y1

Answer 11

how would you incorporate them in the point slope form?

Answer 12

y-y1=m(x-x1)

Answer 13

Chinagurl try what I gave you.

Answer 14

y1 = 2
y2 =3
x1 = 4
x2 = 5

Answer 15

ok so now what do you do with that information?

Answer 16

y-y1=m(x-x1)

Answer 17

plug in the point slope form

Answer 18

How though

Answer 19

but what happened to x2 & y2?

Answer 20

Show me what you would with those numbers in that form

Answer 21

ok so you see that m = slope right?

Answer 22

m= rise/run = y2-y1/x2-x1

Answer 23

y - 2 = (x - 4)

Answer 24

where is your slope?

Answer 25

m = 3 - 2/ 5 - 4

Answer 26

Yes and you got 1 right?

Answer 27

so slope m = 1 and you got y-2=(x-4)

Answer 28

I'm not sure if you've done anything passed that but you'd want to put it in y=mx+b form.

Answer 29

But good job!

Answer 30

yes! I got one. meaning the question is true

Answer 31

Yes :)

Answer 32

thanks batman for coming to my rescue :)