SOLUTION: Explain how you would graph the line containing a slope of –1/5 that goes through the point (1,–4)

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Question 884508: Explain how you would graph the line containing a slope of –1/5 that goes through the point (1,–4)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Plot the point (1,-4).
Slope tells you the change in y over change in x.
So if you move 5 places in x, you move down one place in y.
(1,-4)+(5,-1)=(6,-5)
Plot the point (6,-5).
Draw the line going through both points.
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