How do you write the equation in point slope form given (-3,3) (3,1)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-10T16:23:35

The slope is $m = -1/3$
$y - 3 = -1/3(x +3)$

The formula for the slope of a line based upon two coordinate points is

$m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

For the coordinate points $(-3,3) and (3,1)$
$x_1 = -3$
$x_2 = 3$
$y_1 = 3$
$y_2 = 1$

$m = (1-3)/(3-(-3))$

$m = -2/6$

The slope is $m = -1/3$

The point slope formula would be written as
$y - y_1 = m( x - x_1)$

$m = -1/3$
$x_1 = -3$
$x_2=3$

$y - 3 = -1/3 (x -(-3))$

$y - 3 = -1/3(x +3)$