How do you write the equation of the line,in slope-intercept form, that contains the points: (-8,2) and (3,2)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-13T12:14:29

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Because both points have the same $y$ value we know this line is a horizontal line. By definition the equation of the line is:

$y = 2$

Also by definition the slope is $m = 0$

The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is: $y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)$

Where $color(red)(m)$ is the slope and $color(blue)(b)$ is the y-intercept value.

We can substitute the slope of $0$ and the y-intercept of $2$ to get:

$y = color(red)(0)x + color(blue)(2)$