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Question 1030912: What is the equation for a line with slope -3 and passes through the point (1,4)?
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source):
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What is the equation for a line with slope -3 and passes through the point (1,4)?
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y = -3x + c is the equation of a straight line with the slope (-3).
To determine the coefficient "c", substitute y=4 and x=1 into this equation.
You will get
4 = (-3)*1 + c, or
c = 4 + 3,
c = 7.
Hence, y = -3x + 7 is the equation of your straight line.
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