Question

2. What is the equation of the line that passes through the points (4,5) and
(8,3)?

Answer 1

y = -1/2x + 7

Explanation:

The slope is -1/2.

The y intercept is 7.

Plugging them into the format for the equation we have:

y = mx + b

(m = slope and b = y intercept)

y = -1/2x + 7