A line passes through (-4,2) and has the same y-intercept as 2x-y=3.
Put this in standard form.
First we get 2x - y = 3 into slope-y-intercept form y = mx + b
by solving it for y
2x - y = 3
Add -2x to both sides
-y = 3 - 2x
Divide through by -1
y = -3 + 2x
Reverse the order of the terms on the right
y = 2x - 3
Now we can compare that to
y = mx + b
and see that its slope is m = 2 and its
y-intercept is b = -3. We don't need its
slope but we do need its y-intercept b = -3
This means the the line that we are looking for
also crosses the y-axis at the point (0, -3).
That means the problem is now this one:
Find the equation of the line that passes
through the two points (-4, 2) and (0, -3).
We use the slope formula:
y2 - y1
m = ---------
x2 - x1
where (x1, y1) = (-4, 2)
and (x2, y2) = (0, -3)
(-3) - (2) -5
m = ------------ = ----- = -5/4
(0) - (-4) 4
Then we can either use the point-slope
formula
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
or the slope-y-intercept
y = mx + b
either way we end up with
y = -5/4x - 3
To put this in standard form, we
1. Clear of fractions
2. Get the x term first, the y term
second, the equal sign third, and
the constant term fourth.
3. If the x term has a negative
coefficient, multiply through by
-1 to make it positive.
y = -5/4x - 3
Multiply through by 4
4y = -5x - 12
Add 5x to both sides
5x + 4y = -12
Edwin