What is the slope-intercept form of the line passing through $(5, 7)$ $(5, 7)$ and $(- 1, 7)$ $(-1, 7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-01T08:49:02

$y = 7$ $y=7$

First you have to find the gradient

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m = \frac{7 - 7}{5 + 1}$ $m=(7-7)/(5+1)$

$m = 0$ $m=0$

To find the equation, you can use either point in your equation

$y - 7 = 0 (x - 5)$ $y-7=0(x-5)$

$y = 7$ $y=7$

What is the slope-intercept form of the line passing through (5,7) (5, 7) and (−1,7)(-1, 7) ?