Question

What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-2,5) and has a
slope of -4?

Answer 1

y = -4x + -3

Explanation:

(x,y) is how we write a coordinate and the formula for slope intercept is y=mx+b so we can replace the x and y for (-2,5) and m=slope so we put -4 in place of m.

5 = -4(-2) + b

5 = 8 + b

-8 -8

-3 = b

So b = -3 and now we can write the complete equation.

y = -4x + -3

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