document.write( "Question 52225: Write the equation of the line with the following conditions.
\n" ); document.write( "slope = 1/3, passes through (-1,5) in standard form.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We do not have a text book. We are just given worksheets. \n" ); document.write( "
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You have two formulas you need to know for this:
\n" ); document.write( "the point-slope formula: y-y(subscript 1)=m(x-x(subscript 1))
\n" ); document.write( "The slope is m and the point is (x(subscript 1),y(subscript 1))
\n" ); document.write( "Standard Form: Ax+By=C
\n" ); document.write( "in your case m=1/3 and (x(subscript 1), y(subscript 1))=(-1,5)
\n" ); document.write( "Plug and chug:
\n" ); document.write( "y-5=1/3(x-(-1))
\n" ); document.write( "y-5=1/3(x+1)
\n" ); document.write( "y-5=1/3(x+1)
\n" ); document.write( "y-5=(1/3)x+1/3 clear fractions by multiplying everything by 3.
\n" ); document.write( "(3)y+(3)(-5)=(3)(1/3)x+(3)(1/3)
\n" ); document.write( "3y-15=x+1
\n" ); document.write( "3y-15+15=x+1+15
\n" ); document.write( "3y=x+16
\n" ); document.write( "-x+3y=-x+x+16
\n" ); document.write( "-x+3y=16
\n" ); document.write( "Some books don't want the coefficient of x to be negative, so multiply both sides by -1.
\n" ); document.write( "-1(-x+3y)=-1(16)
\n" ); document.write( "x-3y=-16
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