What is the equation that represents the line that passes through the points (9, -2) and (12, -5)?

Hi there!

To begin, we must use the slope formula to calculate the slope of the line:

Plug in the coordinates:

Simplify:

Recall that the equation for a line in point-slope form is:

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

Plug in coordinates into the equation along with the slope:

y - (-2) = -1(x - 9)

Simplify:

y + 2 = -x + 9

y = -x + 7

start with a line segment pq that we will copy. mark a point r that will be one endpoint of the new line segment. set the compasses' point on the point p of the line segment to be copied. adjust the compasses' width to the point q. the compasses' width is now equal to the length of the line segment pq.

step-by-step explanation: