SOLUTION: Will you assist me in writing the slope-intercept equation for the line that passes through (6, -9) and has slope -7/6? Also, would you mind showing your work, so that I will ha

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Question 447745: Will you assist me in writing the slope-intercept equation for the line that passes through (6, -9) and has slope -7/6?
Also, would you mind showing your work, so that I will have a better understanding of how you got to the actual answer? Thank you.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (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.

Replace , , and with your given values and then do the arithmetic. Solve the equation for in terms of everything else to get to slope-intercept form.

John

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