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Finding a Coordinate When Given the Slope

Author: Graham Pardun

How to Find a Missing Coordinate If You're Given the Slope and Another Point On the Line

Suppose you know that the slope of some line is 5/2, and you know that the point (3,4) exists on that line, and that's all you know. What is the value of y in the point (12,y), so that this point will exist on the same line? Here's how to solve these kinds of problems!