Question

What is the equation of a line that passes through (-2, 4) and has a slope of 3?

Answer 1

Equation,

`y - y1 = m(x - x1)`

Plugging in our values,

`x1 = - 2, \: y1 = 4, \: m = 3`

`y - 4 = 3(x - ( - 2))`

`y - 4 = 3(x + 2)`

So the equation is,

`y - 4 = 3(x + 2)`