SOLUTION: Using the Point-Slope form to write equations m=3/4, (2,-6) y--6=3/4(x--2) How do I solve this problem?

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Question 455657: Using the Point-Slope form to write equations
m=3/4, (2,-6)
y--6=3/4(x--2)
How do I solve this problem?

Found 2 solutions by mananth, ikleyn:
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
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m= 0.75

Plug value of the slope and point(2,-6) in
Y = m x + b
-6.00 = 1.5 + b
b=-6-1.5
b=-7.5
So the equation will be
Y = 3/4x -15/2
......
y-(-6)=3/4(x-(-2))
y+6= 3/4 (x+2)
4(y+6)=3(x+2)
4y+24=3x+6
4y= 3x-18
y=3/4 x -9/2

Answer by ikleyn(53614) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Using the Point-Slope form to write equations
m=3/4, (2,-6)
y--6=3/4(x--2)
How do I solve this problem?
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        From the post by @mananth, it is clear that he simply does not know
        what a "Point-Slope form" is. Therefore, his solution and his answer are irrelevant,
        non-adequate and incorrect.

        I came to bring a correct solution.


When the slope 'm' and coordinates of a point are given (a,b), the Point-Slope form equation
of a line with the given slope 'm' passing through point (a,b) is


    y - b = m(x - a).    <<<---=== by the  D E F I N I T I O N 


So, in this given problem, the required equation is

    y - (-6) = %283%2F4%29%2A%28x-2%29,


or, equivalently,

    y + 6 = 0.75*(x-2).     ANSWER

Solved.