document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=53500>Question 53500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please please help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-1,-5),-8  find the equation of the line that goes through the given point and has the given slope.  write the answer in slope intercept form. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y1-y2=m(x1-x2)[Use the point-intercept form of a line because you are given a point (-1, -5) and the slope (-8) which can be plugged into the form]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-(-5)=(-8)(x-(-1) [Plug-in the values]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+5=(-8)(x+1) [Simplify]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+5=-8x-8 [Solve for y]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+5-5=-8x-8-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8x-13 [Slope-intercept form of a line]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by plugging in the values of x=-1 or y=-5:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8x-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5=-8x-13 [Plug-in (-5) and solve for x]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5+13=-8x-13+13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8=-8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8/-8=-8x/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1=x  [Checks out] </SPAN>\n" );
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