a) (4,5) ----> 5=4a+c ---->c=5-4a (-4,9) ----> 9=-4a+c 9=-4a+5-4a 8a=-4 a=-1/2 c=5-(4*(-1/2))=5+2=7 y=-1/2x+7 b) (4,-13) ----> -13=4a+c ----> c=-13-4a (2,-7) ----> -7=2a+c -7=2a-13-4a 2a=20 a=10 c=13-4*10=13-40=-27 y=10x-27 c) (3,3) ----> 3=3a+c ----> c=3-3a (1, 7/3) ----> 7/3=a+c 7/3=a+3-3a 2a=2/3 a=1/3 c=2 y=1/3x+2
a) [latex]a=frac{9-5}{-4-4} = frac{4}{-8}=-frac{1}{2}\ y=-frac{1}{2}x+b\ P=(4,5)\ 5=-frac{1}{2}cdot 4 +b\ 5 = -2 +b\ b=7\ y=-frac{1}{2}x+7[/latex] b) [latex]a=frac{-7+13}{2-4} = frac{6}{-2} = -3\ y=-3x+b\ P=(4,-13)\ -13 = -3cdot 4 +b\ -13 = -12 +b\ b=-1\ y=-3x -1[/latex] c) [latex]a=frac{frac{7}{3} - 3}{1-3} = frac{ -frac{2}{3}} {-2} = frac{1}{3}\ y=frac{1}{3} x+b\ P=(3,3)\ 3=frac{1}{3}cdot 3 +b\ 3=1+b\ b=2\ y=frac{1}{3}x+2[/latex]