How do you find another point on each line using slope and point given m=3; passes through (-2,4)?

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How do you find another point on each line using slope and point given m=3; passes through (-2,4)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-29T00:28:34

See below.

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we will consider the definition of slope. Slope is defined as:

$Slope = \frac{change in y}{change in x} = \frac{rise}{run}$ $"Slope"=("change in "y)/("change in "x) = ("rise")/("run")$

Therefore, if we are given a slope of $3$ $3$ , we can assume that it means a change in $y$ $y$ of $3$ $3$ for every change in $x$ $x$ of $1$ $1$ .

So, if we want to find another point on the line that $(2, - 4)$ $(2,-4)$ makes with a slope of $3$ $3$ , then we can simply add $1$ $1$ to the $x$ $x$ , and $3$ $3$ to the $y$ $y$ :

$(2, - 4)$ $(2,-4)$

$(2 + 1, - 4 + 3)$ $(2 + 1, -4 + 3)$

$(3, - 1)$ $(3, -1)$

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