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Therefore, the same line can be described in slope-intercept form as $y=-\frac{1}{2}x+7.$

Point-slope form of a linear equation

The point-slope form of a linear equation takes the form

$y-{y}_{1}=m\left(x-{x}_{1}\right)$

where $m$ is the slope, are the coordinates of a specific point through which the line passes.

Writing the equation of a line using a point and the slope

The point-slope form is particularly useful if we know one point and the slope of a line. Suppose, for example, we are told that a line has a slope of 2 and passes through the point $\left(4,1\right).$ We know that $m=2$ and that ${x}_{1}=4$ and ${y}_{1}=1.$ We can substitute these values into the general point-slope equation.

$\begin{array}{c}y-{y}_{1}=m\left(x-{x}_{1}\right)\\ y-1=2\left(x-4\right)\end{array}$

If we wanted to then rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form, we apply algebraic techniques.

Both equations, $y-1=2\left(x-4\right)$ and $y=2x–7,$ describe the same line. See [link] .

Writing linear equations using a point and the slope

Write the point-slope form of an equation of a line with a slope of 3 that passes through the point $\left(6,–1\right).$ Then rewrite it in the slope-intercept form.

Let’s figure out what we know from the given information. The slope is 3, so $m=3.$ We also know one point, so we know ${x}_{1}=6$ and ${y}_{1}=-1.$ Now we can substitute these values into the general point-slope equation.

Then we use algebra to find the slope-intercept form.

Write the point-slope form of an equation of a line with a slope of $–2$ that passes through the point Then rewrite it in the slope-intercept form.

$y-2=-2\left(x+2\right)$ ; $y=-2x-2$

Writing the equation of a line using two points

The point-slope form of an equation is also useful if we know any two points through which a line passes. Suppose, for example, we know that a line passes through the points and We can use the coordinates of the two points to find the slope.

Now we can use the slope we found and the coordinates of one of the points to find the equation for the line. Let use (0, 1) for our point.

$\begin{array}{c}y-{y}_{1}=m\left(x-{x}_{1}\right)\\ y-1=\frac{1}{3}\left(x-0\right)\end{array}$

As before, we can use algebra to rewrite the equation in the slope-intercept form.

Both equations describe the line shown in [link] .

Writing linear equations using two points

Write the point-slope form of an equation of a line that passes through the points (5, 1) and (8, 7). Then rewrite it in the slope-intercept form.

Let’s begin by finding the slope.

So $m=2.$ Next, we substitute the slope and the coordinates for one of the points into the general point-slope equation. We can choose either point, but we will use $\left(5,1\right).$

$\begin{array}{c}y-{y}_{1}=m\left(x-{x}_{1}\right)\\ y-1=2\left(x-5\right)\end{array}$

The point-slope equation of the line is ${y}_{2}–1=2\left({x}_{2}–5\right).$ To rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form, we use algebra.

The slope-intercept equation of the line is $y=2x–9.$

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