Finding the Equation of a Line

  1.  What is the slope of the line between (-1, -3) and (3,5) ?  8/4 = 2
  2. Graph the points.  What is the y-intercept?  -1
  3. What is the equation of this line?  y = 2x - 1
  4. Use point-slope form to find the equation of the line between (-3, 2) and (6, 7)
    m = (7-2)/(6--3) = 5/9.
    y - 7 = (5/9)(x - 6)
    y - 7 = .55x - 3.33
      +7             +7
    y = .55x  + 3.66 or y = (5/9)x + 11/3