Problem
Which of the following equations represents a line that passes through the
points (6,-5) and (-6, -7)?
Solution
For this case the equation for a line is given by:
y= mx +b
And we can find the slope m with this formula:
[tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]And replacing we got:
[tex]m=\frac{-7+5}{-6-6}=\frac{-2}{-12}=\frac{1}{6}[/tex]Then we can find the intercept with this formula:
-5 = 1/6 (6)+b
And solving for b we got:
b= -5-1 =-6
And our equation would be:
y= 1/6 x -6
And the best option would be:
I.
