SOLUTION: How do you write the following question in point-slope form? Goes through the points (4,2) parellel to y=-3/4x-5

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Question 311437: How do you write the following question in point-slope form? Goes through the points (4,2) parellel to y=-3/4x-5
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How do you write the following question in point-slope form? Goes through the points (4,2) parellel to y=-3/4x-5
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Parallel to that line means the slope must be -3/4
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Eq. Form: y = mx + b
2 = (-3/4)*4 + b
b = 2+3
b = 5
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Equation:
y = (-3/4)x + 5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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