Finite Math Examples

$(5, 4)$ , $(- 9, 7)$

Step 1

Find the slope of the line between $(5, 4)$ and $(- 9, 7)$ using $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ , which is the change of $y$ over the change of $x$ .

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Step 1.1

Slope is equal to the change in $y$ over the change in $x$ , or rise over run.

$m = \frac{change in y}{change in x}$

Step 1.2

The change in $x$ is equal to the difference in x-coordinates (also called run), and the change in $y$ is equal to the difference in y-coordinates (also called rise).

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$

Step 1.3

Substitute in the values of $x$ and $y$ into the equation to find the slope.

$m = \frac{7 - (4)}{- 9 - (5)}$

Step 1.4

Simplify.

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Step 1.4.1

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 1.4.1.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

$m = \frac{7 - 4}{- 9 - (5)}$

Step 1.4.1.2

Subtract $4$ from $7$ .

$m = \frac{3}{- 9 - (5)}$

Step 1.4.2

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 1.4.2.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $5$ .

$m = \frac{3}{- 9 - 5}$

Step 1.4.2.2

Subtract $5$ from $- 9$ .

$m = \frac{3}{- 14}$

Step 1.4.3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$m = - \frac{3}{14}$

Step 2

Use the slope $- \frac{3}{14}$ and a given point $(5, 4)$ to substitute for $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ in the point-slope form $y - y_{1} = m (x - x_{1})$ , which is derived from the slope equation $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ .

$y - (4) = - \frac{3}{14} \cdot (x - (5))$

Step 3

Simplify the equation and keep it in point-slope form.

$y - 4 = - \frac{3}{14} \cdot (x - 5)$

Step 4

Solve for $y$ .

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Step 4.1

Simplify $- \frac{3}{14} \cdot (x - 5)$ .

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Step 4.1.1

Rewrite.

$y - 4 = 0 + 0 - \frac{3}{14} \cdot (x - 5)$

Step 4.1.2

Simplify by adding zeros.

$y - 4 = - \frac{3}{14} \cdot (x - 5)$

Step 4.1.3

Apply the distributive property.

$y - 4 = - \frac{3}{14} x - \frac{3}{14} \cdot - 5$

Step 4.1.4

Combine $x$ and $\frac{3}{14}$ .

$y - 4 = - \frac{x \cdot 3}{14} - \frac{3}{14} \cdot - 5$

Step 4.1.5

Multiply $- \frac{3}{14} \cdot - 5$ .

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Step 4.1.5.1

Multiply $- 5$ by $- 1$ .

$y - 4 = - \frac{x \cdot 3}{14} + 5 (\frac{3}{14})$

Step 4.1.5.2

Combine $5$ and $\frac{3}{14}$ .

$y - 4 = - \frac{x \cdot 3}{14} + \frac{5 \cdot 3}{14}$

Step 4.1.5.3

Multiply $5$ by $3$ .

$y - 4 = - \frac{x \cdot 3}{14} + \frac{15}{14}$

Step 4.1.6

Move $3$ to the left of $x$ .

$y - 4 = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{15}{14}$

Step 4.2

Move all terms not containing $y$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 4.2.1

Add $4$ to both sides of the equation.

$y = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{15}{14} + 4$

Step 4.2.2

To write $4$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{14}{14}$ .

$y = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{15}{14} + 4 \cdot \frac{14}{14}$

Step 4.2.3

Combine $4$ and $\frac{14}{14}$ .

$y = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{15}{14} + \frac{4 \cdot 14}{14}$

Step 4.2.4

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$y = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{15 + 4 \cdot 14}{14}$

Step 4.2.5

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 4.2.5.1

Multiply $4$ by $14$ .

$y = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{15 + 56}{14}$

Step 4.2.5.2

Add $15$ and $56$ .

$y = - \frac{3 x}{14} + \frac{71}{14}$

Step 5

Reorder terms.

$y = - (\frac{3}{14} x) + \frac{71}{14}$

Step 6

Remove parentheses.

$y = - \frac{3}{14} x + \frac{71}{14}$

Step 7

List the equation in different forms.

Slope-intercept form:

$y = - \frac{3}{14} x + \frac{71}{14}$

Point-slope form:

$y - 4 = - \frac{3}{14} \cdot (x - 5)$

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