SOLUTION: find the equation slope is -5 passing through (5,4)

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Question 229809: find the equation slope is -5 passing through (5,4)
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the point-slope form of the equation of a line.



where is the given slope and are the coordinates of the given point.

Note however you cannot find THE equation which solution set is the set of ordered pairs having a given slope and passing through a given point. That is because for any given slope and given point, there are an infinite number of equations that describe the same line. What the above will give you is AN equation that describes the line which you seek.

John