Giventheslope,m,andapointontheline
(X
1
'Y1)'theequationofthelinei6
y-y
1;;:;;::
m(
x-x,)
Example:Writetheequa
tlon
ofthelinewhoseslopeis
2,
whichgoesthroughthepoint
(1,6)
y-6
=
2(x-1)
Forahorizontalline(m
=
0),
theequationofthelineis
y=b
Giventheslope,
rn,
and,they-intercept,theequationofthelineisy
=
tx
+
b
Example:Form
=
-3
andy-intercept7,findtheequationoftheline.
y
=-3x+7
Foraverticalline(m
=
undefined),theequationofthelineis
X=x
1
Noticethatthisequationdoesnotstartwith
"s="
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