document.write( "Question 262752: Write an equation in point-slope form for the line through the given points or through the given point with the given slope. (-2,3); m = 4 \n" ); document.write( "
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Given information:
\n" ); document.write( "(-2,3)
\n" ); document.write( "m=4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The point slope equation is y - y1 = m (x - x1)
\n" ); document.write( "The 1s in this equation are subscripts, meaning that they appear just below the variable, as opposed to an exponent, which is a superscript, which appears just above the variable.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the point (-2,3) will be filled in where x1 and y1 occur in the equation. m is the slope.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the equation will look like this:
\n" ); document.write( "y - 3 = 4 (x - -2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "minus a negative number will turn into a plus:
\n" ); document.write( "y - 3 = 4 (x + 2)
\n" ); document.write( "Now we will distribute the 4 by multiplying:
\n" ); document.write( "y - 3 = 4x + 8
\n" ); document.write( "We want to get the equation in y= mx +b format, so we need to get y by itself, so we will subtract 3 from each side (what you do to one side, you must do to the other):
\n" ); document.write( "y = 4x + 5 \n" ); document.write( "
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