document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=233716>Question 233716</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ((( write the equation of the line passing through each of the given points with the indicated slope.  Give your results in slope intercept form, where possible.  (1 , -4), m = -4 )))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please help with this problem.  I am confused on this one.  I think the equation would be y = -4x + 0 but I am not sure </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #172472 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=172472\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> m = -4 means slope = -4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope-intercept form of equation of a straight line is y = mx + b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m is the slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b is the y-intercept.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your equation starts of with the slope-intercept generic form of y = mx + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "replace m with -4 to get y = -4x + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your line goes through the point (x,y) = (1,-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that means the x-coordinate is 1 and the y coordinate is -4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to find the y-intercept, you replace y with -4 and x with 1 in the equation and solve for b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your equation of y = -4x + b becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 = (-4 * 1) + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 = -4 + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 4 to both sides of this equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your equation that was:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -4x + b becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -4x + 0 which becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -4x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looks like you got it right.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A graph of your equation look like:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's got a slope of -4 and it passes through the point (x,y) = (1,-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when x = 1, y = -4x means that y = -4 * 1 which means that y = -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the graph confirms that.\r<BR>\n" );
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