Question

A line with a slope of -1 passes through the point (5,6). What is its equation in point-slope form?

Answer 1

y - 6 = -(x - 5)

Explanation:

Start with the general point-slope form y - k = m(x - h).

Here m = -1, h = 5 and k = 6, and so, after substitutions, we have:

y - 6 = -(x - 5)