document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=884508>Question 884508</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Explain how you would graph the line containing a slope of –1/5 that goes through the point (1,–4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #534358 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=534358\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Plot the point (1,-4).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope tells you the change in y over change in x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if you move 5 places in x, you move down one place in y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1,-4)+(5,-1)=(6,-5) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plot the point (6,-5).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw the line going through both points.<BR>\n" );
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