Hello!
First of all we find the slope by dividing the difference of the y values by the difference of the x values as seen below.
[tex] \frac{-3-11}{1+3} = -\frac{14}{4} = \frac{7}{2} [/tex]
The slope of our line is 7/2, or 3.5
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Now we will put the slope and a point on our line into slope intercept form and solve for b. We will use (-3,11).
11=3.5(-3)+b
11=10.5+b
b=0.5
Our final equation is shown below.
y=3.5x+0.5
I hope this helps!
