Question

What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (4,9) with a slope of -5/8? Write the equation in point-slope form.

Answer 1

Pint slope form:

y-y1 = m (x-x1)

Where :

m= slope

y1,x1 = coordinates of a point.

Replacing:

y-9 = -5/8 (x-4)