document.write( "Question 391375: Write and equation in slope intercept form containing the point (4, -5) with a slope equal to -6? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,         
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document.write( "Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b 
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document.write( " where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  
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document.write( "slope equal to -6
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document.write( " y = -6x + b   |using ordered pair Pt(4,-5) to solve for b
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document.write( "-5 = -6*4 + b
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document.write( " 19 = b
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document.write( " y = -6x + 19
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