SOLUTION: Please help! This is confusing..I don't know what the formula would be to solve this: "A line has a slope of -3 and passes through the point (1,-2). What is the equation of this li

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Question 733905: Please help! This is confusing..I don't know what the formula would be to solve this: "A line has a slope of -3 and passes through the point (1,-2). What is the equation of this line?" Please help...thank you, it will help ALOT!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


... plug in the given slope

... plug in the given point









So the equation of the line is

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