SOLUTION: Find the equation of the line that contains (-7,3) with a slope of -3/4 written in slope intercept form I’m a bit confused on how to do this

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Question 1185619: Find the equation of the line that contains (-7,3) with a slope of -3/4 written in slope intercept form
I’m a bit confused on how to do this

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the equation of the line that contains (-7,3) with a slope of -3/4 written in slope intercept form
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Use y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where m = slope and (x1,y1) is the point.
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Then add y1 to each side.
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Here's a similar example:
Find the equation of the line that contains (-1,5) with a slope of -2/5 written in slope intercept form
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y - 5 = (-2/5)*(x + 2)
y-5+=+-2x%2F5+-+4%2F5
y+=+%28-2%2F5%29x+%2B+21%2F5

Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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At this site,  there is a group of lessons related to this class of problems
    - Find the slope of a straight line in a coordinate plane passing through two given points
    - Equation for a straight line having a given slope and passing through a given point (*)
    - Solving problems related to the slope of a straight line
    - Equation for a straight line in a coordinate plane passing through two given points
    - Equation for a straight line parallel to a given line and passing through a given point
    - Equation for a straight line perpendicular to a given line and passing through a given point

The most relevant to your current problem is the lesson marked  (*)  in the list.
So start from this lesson.

But if you want to learn the subject in all its aspects,  you need to learn all these lessons.

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