SOLUTION: Write the equation of the line thathas a slope of - 3/4 and passes throught the point (12,-5)

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Question 459556: Write the equation of the line thathas a slope of - 3/4 and passes throught the point (12,-5)
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You can't do that. You cannot write the equation of a line. There are an infinite number of representations of any given line, hence the best you can do is write an equation of the desired line.

Use the point-slope form of an equation of a line:



where are the coordinates of the given point and is the given slope.

John

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