SOLUTION: What is the point and slope of the equation y + 7 = 1/2(x + 1)

Question 1159377: What is the point and slope of the equation y + 7 = 1/2(x + 1)
Found 3 solutions by mananth, josgarithmetic, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

y + 7 = 1/2(x + 1)
y = (1/2)x +1-7
y= (1/2)x -6
slope = 1/2
(12,0)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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What is the point and slope of the equation y + 7 = 1/2(x + 1)
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That is IT already. The only other that might be useful is adjust for the signs in the form, and for clarity include grouping symbol.

MISUNDERSTOOD QUESTION -------

You want THIS:

Find the slope here,

You find point (x,y) here, , (-1,-7).

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The slope is 1/2
The point the line goes through is (-1, -7)

There are infinitely many points this line goes through, but the one point we can read directly from the point-slope equation is (-1,-7) because we can write

into

From here, we compare that to and see that
is the slope and is one point the line goes through.

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