SOLUTION: write an equation in slope-intercept form of the line having the given slope and passing through the given point: m=-3, (4,-1)

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Question 396697: write an equation in slope-intercept form of the line having the given slope and passing through the given point: m=-3, (4,-1)
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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.  

y = -3x + b  |Using ordered pair Pt(4,-1) to solve for b

-1 = -3*4 + b

11 = b

y = -3x + 11