write the slope-intercept form of the line through the points (-7,1) and (-4, -2)

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anonymous · Answer

okay, so for this, the first thing you would want to do is find the slope. 
the formula for that would be $$\frac{ y2-y1 }{ x2-x1 }$$
when you plug the points in, you would get -1 as your slope. 
then you would have to find the intercepts by using the point-slope formula.
$$y-y1=m(x-x1)$$
then, you can easily put it into slope-intercept form :)
let me know if you're still having trouble with anything

anonymous · Answer

so how would the answer look like if u plugged in back the #s

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ -2-1 }{ -4-(-7) }$$
^^thats your slope, which is equal to -1
then to plug it into the other formula, you would choose one of the points (I chose the first) and it would look like this:
$$y-(1)=-1(x-(-7))$$
if you solve that out, you should get y=-x-6

anonymous · Answer

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