SOLUTION: A line passes through (1, -4) and has a slope of 3. What is an equation of the line in point-slope form?
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Question 689403: A line passes through (1, -4) and has a slope of 3. What is an equation of the line in point-slope form?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y - y1 = m(x - x1) ... point-slope form
y - y1 = 3(x - x1) ... plug in the given slope m = 3
y - (-4) = 3(x - 1) ... plug in the given point (1,-4)
y + 4 = 3(x - 1) ... simplify
So the final answer is y + 4 = 3(x - 1)
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