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No, you need either two points, one point and a slope, one point and a y-intercept, or a y-intercept an a slope.

You can also write the equation of a line with an equation of another line but you would have to know if it is parallel or perpendicular.

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Which is the equation of the line that has an x intercept of -5?

There is not a single line, but infinitely many lines, that pass through the point (-5, 0). One thing you can do is choose some random slope, then use the equation for an equation that goes through a point and has a specified slope.


There exists only one point-slope equation for a single line?

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Which equation represents a line perpendicular to the graph of 3x-6y12?

Solve the line equation for "y", to get it in slope-intercept form. You can immediately read the slope from this equation.Divide -1 by (slope of this first line) to get the slope of the second line - the one perpendicular to the given line. Write an equation for any line with this slope.


What is the maximum number of y intercepts that a line can have?

A line can have only one y-intercept. The y-intercept is the point at which the line intersects the y-axis on a graph, and it is determined by the equation of the line. Since a line can only intersect the y-axis at one point, it can have at most one y-intercept.


How do you write an equation given two points?

If there are given two points, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), then you can write the equation of a line by finding the slope first [slope = m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)] and using one of the points in order to write the equation in the point-slope form such as(y - y1) = m(x - x1)y - y1 = mx - mx1y = mx - mx1 + y1y = mx + (y1 - mx1) the slope-intercept form, where m is the slope and (y1 - mx1) is the y-intercept.mx - y = mx1 - y1 the general form of the equation of the line.

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Can you always write the equation of a line if you know one point on the line?

You cannot define a line with a single point (a single point only defines itself). You need two points to define a line (and therefore to write the equation for it).


How does using the point slope form a linear equation make it easier to write the equation of a line?

If given simply the slope of a line and a point through which it passes, and then told to find the equation of the line, one of the easiest ways of doing so is to use the point-slope formula.


How does using the point slope form of a linear equation make it easier to write the equation of a line?

If given simply the slope of a line and a point through which it passes, and then told to find the equation of the line, one of the easiest ways of doing so is to use the point-slope formula.


How does using the point-slope form of a linear equation make it easier to write the equation of a line?

If given simply the slope of a line and a point through which it passes, and then told to find the equation of the line, one of the easiest ways of doing so is to use the point-slope formula.


How does using the point - slope form of a linear equation make it easier to write the equation of a line?

If given simply the slope of a line and a point through which it passes, and then told to find the equation of the line, one of the easiest ways of doing so is to use the point-slope formula.


How do you write the equation of the line when I have the points?

There are 3 forms to write the equation of a line point slope y-y1=m(x-x1) for this form you need one set of points and you plug them into x1 and y1 and you need the slope which you plug into m


How you find the equation of a line give one point and is parallel to an equation?

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What is the equation of a line in general form with a point -3 0 and an undefined slope?

You can have infinitely many lines through one specific point, each with a different equation. If you want to have a general equation for ANY line that goes through that point, use the point-slope equation for a line, and use a variable for the slope.


You can have more than one point-slope equation for a single line?

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What is the equation for a line?

There are several ways to write an equation for a line. One common form is y = ax + b, where a is the slope and b is the y-intercept (where the line intercepts the y-axis).


How does one solve this equation Raven charges a base price of 15.00 to babysit as well as 3.00 per hour Write an equation that will determine the total charge for Raven to babysit for x hours?

This lesson concerns determining an equation of a line given the slope and coordinates of one point


How do you write an equation for a line?

There are several ways to write an equation for a line. One common form is ax + by = c, where a, b, and c are some constant values. A very useful form of the line equation is y = mx + b (m and b are constant). Since this is solved for "y", you can easily calculate pairs of value. Besides, m is the slope, and b is the point where the line intercepts the y-axis. This form can't be used to describe a vertical line, though.