Question

What is the equation of the line that passes through the points (0, 5) and (2, 3)?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

first thing to do is find the slope by using the slope formula
slope(m) = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
(0,5)....x1 = 0 and y1 = 5
(2,3),,,x2 = 2 and y2 = 3
now we sub
slope(m) = (3 - 5) / (2 - 0)
slope = -2/2
slope = -1

now use y = mx + b
slope(m) = -1
use either of your sets of points...(2,3)..x = 2 and y = 3
now we sub and since we already know the slope(m) we need to find the y intercept(b)
3 = -1(2) + b
3 = -2 + b
3 + 2 = b
5 = b

so your equation is : y = -x + 5