SOLUTION: A given line has a slope -4/3 and passes through the point (-3, -6). Find the equation of the line in slope-intercept form. Answers: (A) y= -4/3x +2 (B) y= -4/3x - 6 (c) y=

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Question 584297: A given line has a slope -4/3 and passes through the point (-3, -6). Find the equation of the line in slope-intercept form.
Answers:
(A) y= -4/3x +2
(B) y= -4/3x - 6
(c) y= -4/3x + 12
(D)y= -4/3x - 10
(E) None of the above

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Use the point-slope form of an equation of a line:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the given slope. Plug in your values, do the arithmetic, and then solve for to put the result in slope-intercept form.

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