(3,-14) and (-2,6) are on a line. Find the equation of the line.

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David Narayan · Answer 1 · 2020-08-13T02:34:07+0000

Answer:

y = -4x-2

Explanation:

First we need to find the slope of the line

We can use the slope formula to do that

$m=(y_(2)-y_(1)  )/(x_(2)-x_(1) ) \\m = (6-(-14))/(-2- 3)\\ m=-4$

Now that we have the slope we can plug in the values into the point slope formula.

$y-6=-4(x-(-2))\\y = -4x-2$