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Is it only moved approximately 1/3 of the way up/down or do you need to solve to find the equation of the new line?

Once the line has been moved, how do you figure out the equation of the line? Again do you pick two points on it by eye or is there another method? My textbook (Heinemann) seems to be saying that it relies on some judgement. Thanks.

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You do need to solve if you want an exact answer. After drawing a line through the left and right points, find the equation of that line (this is not the final line). You will already know the x value of the middle point, so that needs to be substituted into the equation so a y value can be found along the line that you have drawn.

Once this y value is known, you can multiply the difference between this point on the original line and the middle point's y value by 1/3. The line can be moved 1/3 of the way up using the same gradient. You can then solve for the y-intercept.

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