Which equation of a line passes through the points (3, −1) and (6, 1)?
y = 2/3x - 3
y = - 2/3x + 5
y = - 2/3x + 10
y = 3/2x - 8

Y = 2/3x - 3

Step-by-step explanation:

Recall the general equation for a straight line is

y = mx + b

where m is the gradient and b is the y-intercept

given 2 points whose coordinates are (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), m can be found with the following formula:

m =

in this case, x1 = 3, y1 = -1, x2 = 6, y2=1

applying these values to the formula for m will give

m =  (-1 -1) / (3-6) = 2/3

We can see immediately that only the first (top-most) answer has this value for m and we can guess that this is probably the answer.

But we can still check to confirm:

If we substitute this back into the general equation, we get:

y = (2/3)x + b

In order to find the value for b, we substitute any one of the 2 given points back into this equation. Lets choose (6,1)

1 = (2/3)(6) + b

1 = 4 + b

b = -3

Confirm  Y = 2/3x - 3 is the answer.

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step-by-step explanation:

rectangles are made up of 4 right angles, which means that a side and a base meet perpendicular to one another.   their slopes then have to reflect perpendicular slopes.   perpendicular slopes are opposite reciprocals of one another.   for example, if the slope of one line is +2/3, then the perpendicular slope to that would be -3/2.   so we look for that combination in our choices.

all of them satisfy that condition (so what's the question, i guess? )