A line passes through the point (2, -1) and has a slope of -5.

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Alex Heyd · Answer 1 · 2022-05-15T10:04:55+0000

Answer:

y=-5x+9

Explanation:

The slope of the line is
.

The given point is
(2,-1) .

The equation of line in a point-slope form is
(y-y_1)=m(x-x_1)

Subsitute
for
x_1 ,
for
and
for
y_1 in
(y-y_1)=m(x-x_1)

$(y-(-1))=-5(x-2)\\y+1=-5x+10\\y=-5x+10-1\\y=-5x+9$