SOLUTION: write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line with the following characteristics: parallel to the graph of: x+y=6 and passes through (1,-4).

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Question 396239: write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line with the following characteristics: parallel to the graph of: x+y=6 and passes through (1,-4).
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y=-x+6
-4=-m+6
m=10
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y=mx+b
-4=10*1+b
b=-14
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y=10x-14