Lines in the Plane and Slope

Introduction

The simplest mathematical model for relating two variables is the linear equation $y=mx+b$ (Slope-intercept form). This equation is called Linear because its graph is a line. $m$ is the slope and $(0,b)$ is the y-intercept.

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For instance, suppose you want to find the slope of the line passing through the distinct points Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (x_1,x_2) } and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (y_1,y_2) } .

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Exercises Find the slope of the line passing through the distinct points below

1) $(-6,2)$ and $(3,20)$

Solution:
$2$

2)$(3,-7)$ and $(-3,-7)$

Solution:
$0$

3)$(3,-2)$ and $(-3,1)$

Solution:
${\frac {-1}{2}}$

Writing the linear equation

 Point-Slope Form of the Equation of a Line
 The equation of the line with slope  passing through the point $(x_{1},y_{1})$ is 
 $y-y_{1}=m(x-x_{1})$

Notice: In order to write this equation, we need a point and a slope given

Notes:

A vertical line goes through has equation of the form $x=a$ where $a$ is any constant.

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