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What is the point slope form of a line with a slope of 5 and goes through the
point (1,5)? *

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Answer: y+1=-5(x-2)

Explanation:

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User Chad Ruppert
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Answer:

y-5=5(x-1)

Explanation:

Point slope form is: y-y1=m(x-x1)

y1 here is 5 and x1 is 1, because those are the points in the ordered pair given.

y-5=x-1 would be your base answer, but you need to account for the slope as well, which is m. So, y-5=5(x-1)

Hope this helped! :)

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