Answer:
[tex]y = 2x + 5[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
For this example, I used the slope-intercept form, [tex]y = mx + b[/tex], where m represents the slope and b represents the y-intercept.
In order to find the equation, we must find the slope and y-intercept.
Finding m
The slope can be found with the formula:
[tex]m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}[/tex], where the x and y variables represent different x and y values from the given points.
Substituting in values from the points, we get:
[tex]m = \frac{-1 + 9}{-3 + 7}\\\\m = \frac{8}{4}\\\\m = 2[/tex]
Finding b
In order to find the y-intercept, we must substitute the slope back into the original equation:
[tex]y = 2x + b[/tex]
After this, we must also substitute either of the two points. Both will give the correct answer, but (-3, -1) will be used for this example.
[tex]-1 = 2(-3) + b\\-1 = -6 + b\\5 = b[/tex]
Finding the equation
After this, all that must be done is to substitute the values for b and m back into the original equation.
[tex]y = 2x + 5[/tex]
To check our work, we can substitute in either of the given points. For demonstration purposes, (-7, -9) will be used.
[tex](-9) = 2(-7) + 5\\-9 = -14 + 5\\-9 = -9[/tex]
