Graph the line with slope -2/3 passing through the point (-3,5)

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TheBigBadBoy · Answer 1 · 2020-07-26T01:43:11+0000

Answer:

$\large\boxed{y-5=-(2)/(3)(x+3)}$

Explanation:

The point-slope form of an equation of a line:

y-y_1=m(x-x_1)

m - slope

(x₁, y₁) - point on a line

We have the slope
m=-(2)/(3) and the point
$(-3,\ 5)$ .

Substitute:

$y-5=-(2)/(3)(x-(-3))\\\\y-5=-(2)/(3)(x+3)$