SOLUTION: � Write the equation that passes through the given point and has the slope indicated: (1, -3); with slope (-3/5)

Question 1125227: � Write the equation that passes through the given point and has the slope indicated:
(1, -3); with slope (-3/5)

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� Write the equation that passes through the given point and has the slope indicated:
(1, -3); with slope (-3/5)
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An equation of a straight line in a coordinate plane which has the slope "m" and passes through the given point  P = (a,b)  is 


y - b = m*(x-a).             (1)          ( MEMORIZE it !)


Now substitute the given data  m = ,  a= 1,  b= -3  into equation  (1),  and you will get

y-(-3) = .          (2)


or, equivalently, 


y + 3 = ,   or


5y + 15 = -3x + 3,  or, finally


5y + 3x = -12.

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