document.write( "Question 92561: What is the equation of a line with a slope of -5 and containing the point (2,4)? \n" ); document.write( "
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What is the equation of a line with a slope of -5 and containing the point (2,4):
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\n" ); document.write( "use the point/slope formula: (y - y1) = m(x - x1)
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\n" ); document.write( "In your problem m = -5, x1=2; y1=4, so substitute and you have:
\n" ); document.write( "y - 4 = -5(x - 2)
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\n" ); document.write( "y - 4 = -5x -5(-2);multiplied what's inside the brackets,
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\n" ); document.write( "y - 4 = -5x + 10; minus * minus = +
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\n" ); document.write( "y = -5x +10 + 4; add 4 to both sides
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\n" ); document.write( "y = -5x + 14, is the equation \n" ); document.write( "
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