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To explain: use slope-intercept form or
Answer to Problem 37E
One cannot write the equation of the line that passes through two points that are not on the y axis using the slope-intercept form as the intercept is not known.
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Consider the points which are not on the y axis.
To write the equation of line passing through the two points not on the y axis, one can use the slope-point form.
Find the slope using the two points.
Then, use the slop and any one point to write the equation of line using slope-point form.
Now, one cannot write the equation of the line that passes through two points that are not on the y axis using the slope-intercept form as the intercept is not known.
Conclusion:
Therefore, one cannot write the equation of the line that passes through two points that are not on the y axis using the slope-intercept form as the intercept is not known.
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