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"General form" will have been defined in your text. (This has no fixed meaning, so we can't help you with "what this means". Sorry.)
What sort of lines are you working with? Should we assume that the line is straight? If so, plug the points into the slope formula, and simplify to find the value of the slope "m". Then pick one of the points (it doesn't matter which) and, together with the slope, use this point to find the line equation, using whichever method you were taught. (There is more than one method.)
For instance, with the (x, y)-point and the slope m, you could plug into the slope-intercept form, y = mx + b, solve for b, and then re-write the equation with the values you've found for m and b.
Eliz.
What sort of lines are you working with? Should we assume that the line is straight? If so, plug the points into the slope formula, and simplify to find the value of the slope "m". Then pick one of the points (it doesn't matter which) and, together with the slope, use this point to find the line equation, using whichever method you were taught. (There is more than one method.)
For instance, with the (x, y)-point and the slope m, you could plug into the slope-intercept form, y = mx + b, solve for b, and then re-write the equation with the values you've found for m and b.
Eliz.