Q. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (2,4) and has a slope of 3 ?Answer:
Identify Equation Form: Identify the slope-intercept form of a line's equation.The slope-intercept form of a line's equation is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
Find Y-Intercept: Use the given slope and point to find the y-intercept b. We are given the slope m as 3 and a point on the line (2,4). We can substitute these values into the slope-intercept form to find b. So, we have y=mx+b, which becomes 4=3(2)+b.
Solve for b: Solve for b.Now we calculate b using the equation from Step 2: 4=3(2)+b.4=6+b4−6=b−2=b
Write Line Equation: Write the equation of the line using the slope and y-intercept.Now that we have the slope m=3 and the y-intercept b=−2, we can write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form: y=3x−2.
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