What is an equation of the line that passes through the points (5,-2) and ( -5,0)? Put your answer in fully reduced form.

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  y = -1/5x -1

Step-by-step explanation:

When given 2 points, it can work well to start with the 2-point form of the equation for a line.

  y = (y2 -y1)/(x2 -x1)(x -x1) +y1

  y = (0 -(-2))/(-5 -5)(x -5) +(-2)

  y = 2/(-10)(x -5) -2

  y = -1/5x -1 . . . . . eliminate parentheses and collect terms

the correct is answer is a 9-sided polygon!