document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=729299>Question 729299</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a slope-intercept equation for a line with the given characteristics.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = - 3/5, passes through (-4,-1)  y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I thought it would be y = -3/5(-4) + -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                      y = 12/5x + -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer in the book says it's y = -3/5x - 17/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I don't understand what happened with (-4,-1) or how  the y-intercept became 17/5.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The book  example only shows a simple m = -4, y-intercept (0,-7)  Which I know is Y = -4x - 7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I didn't take Algebra in high school. (I've been out for a lot of years)  College Algebra is required for my degree, and it is draining me.  I spend hours watching teachers on you tube.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you for any steps and help you can give me. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m = - 3/5, passes through (-4,-1) y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I thought it would be y = -3/5(-4) + -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 12/5x + -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer in the book says it's y = -3/5x - 17/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use y = mx + b and the point to find b, the y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1 = (-3/5)*-4 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -17/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "--> y = (-3/5)x - 17/5<BR>\n" );
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