document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=801394>Question 801394</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find a point-slope equation of the line having the given slope and containing the given point <BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-6;(4,8) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The general equation is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(y-y1) = m(x-x1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "whwre m is the slope and (x1,y1) are the co ordinates of a point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(y-8)=-6(x-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-8=-6x+24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-6x+32\r<BR>\n" );
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