Q. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (4,2) and has a slope of 2 ?Answer:
Identify slope-intercept 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 have the slope m which is 2, and a point (4,2) through which the line passes. We can use the point-slope form to find b by plugging in the values into the slope-intercept form: y=mx+b. 2=2(4)+b2=8+b2−8=b−6=b
Write line equation: Write the equation of the line using the slope and y-intercept.Now that we have the slope m=2 and the y-intercept b=−6, we can write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form:y=2x−6
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