SOLUTION: Write and equation in slope intercept form containing the point (4, -5) with a slope equal to -6?

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Question 391375: Write and equation in slope intercept form containing the point (4, -5) with a slope equal to -6?
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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the point-slope form of an equation of a straight line:



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

Then solve the equation for in terms of everything else so that it is in the form

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Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,         

Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b 

 where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  

slope equal to -6

 y = -6x + b   |using ordered pair Pt(4,-5) to solve for b

-5 = -6*4 + b

 19 = b

 y = -6x + 19