Writing Equation of a Line using Point Slope Form

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Lesson Description:

How to find the equation of a line given two points using the point slope method

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Questions answered by this video:

What is Point Slope Form?
How do you write an equation for a line in point-slope form?
How do you write a linear equation in point-slope form for the line that goes through the points (3, -2) and (7, 6)?
How do you find the slope between (3, -2) and (7, 6)?
How can you change an equation in point-slope form into slope intercept form?
How can you change y - 6 = 2(x - 7) into slope-intercept form?

Staff Review
- Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
This lesson will show you how to find the slope between two points and then how to write the equation in point-slope form for a line given two points. This is then changed into slope-intercept form. All steps involved in writing the equation are shown and explained.

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