Question

How do you write the equation of a line in point slope form passing through (-6,-4) and (2,-5)?

Answer 1

First get the slope= `(-5+4)/(2+6)` = `-1/8`

Equation in point slope form can be written using either of the given points.

Using (-6,-4), it would be y +4 = `-1/8` (x+6)

Using (2,-5) it would be y+5= `-1/8`(x-2)
(Both the equations are essentially same)