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Question 1030912:  What is the equation for a line with slope -3 and passes through the point (1,4)?
 
 
 Answer by ikleyn(52903)      (Show Source): 
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What is the equation for a line with slope -3 and passes through the point (1,4)? 
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y = -3x + c is the equation of a straight line with the slope (-3).
To determine the coefficient "c", substitute y=4 and x=1 into this equation.
You will get
4 = (-3)*1 + c,   or
c = 4 + 3,
c = 7.
Hence, y = -3x + 7 is the equation of your straight line.
  
 
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