Answer:
[tex]y=\frac{2}{5}x+2[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
(x1, y1) = (5, 4)
(x2, y2) = (0, 2)
First, find the slope. The slope formula is:
[tex]m=\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}[/tex]
I marked the 2 points above in that form, so you can plug those in here:
[tex]m=\frac{2-4}{0-5}\\\\m=\frac{-2}{-5}\\\\m=\frac{2}{5}[/tex]
The slope of this line is 2/5. Next, you can use that slope and whichever known point you want to find the y-intercept. Slope-intercept form is:
[tex]y=mx+b[/tex]
where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
Plug in the slope we found for m and whichever point you want for (x, y):
[tex]2=\frac{2}{5}0+b[/tex]
Now, solve for b:
[tex]2=0+b\\b=2[/tex]
In this particular case, there wasn't much to be done. We already had a point at x = 0, and that is already our y-intercept. For similar problems though, that's how you would do it.
Finally, with both the slope and the y-intercept, you can write the equation:
[tex]y=\frac{2}{5}x+2[/tex]
