SOLUTION: Graph the line passing through ((4,2) with slope -4/5

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Question 432046: Graph the line passing through ((4,2) with slope -4/5
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Graph the line passing through ((4,2) with slope -4/5

 y = (-4/5)x + b

 2 = (-4/5)*4 + b

 26/5 = b

 y = (-4/5)x + 26/5  y-intercept is Pt (0,5.2)



Note: as y increases/decreases by 4, 

x increases/decreases by 5 in an "opposite fashion"