document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1168791>Question 1168791</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equation of the line in slope-intercept form slope:-1  passes through (4,-7) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y - y1 = m(x - x1) ... Point Slope form\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y - y1 = -1(x - x1) ... plugging in the given slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y - (-7) = -1(x - 4) ... plugging in the given point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + 7 = -1(x - 4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + 7 = -1*x -1*(-4) ... distribute\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + 7 = -x + 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + 7 - 7 = -x + 4 - 7 ... subtracting 7 from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -x - 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:  y = -x - 3<BR>\n" );
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