SOLUTION: Slope of -5/3 through (3,-1) equation

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Question 1009115: Slope of -5/3 through (3,-1) equation

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let us again plug into
y = mx + b
to find b...like this...
-1 = (-5/3)(3) + b
-1 = -5 + b
b = 4
so that you have
y = (-5/3)x + 4

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