Question 549774: Write the equation of the line that passes through the point (1,-4) and has a slope of -5. Write the equation in slope-intercept form. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
where are the coordinates of the given point and is the given slope.
By the way, you cannot write THE equation of a line. There are always more than one way to express an equation whose solution set is the set of ordered pairs describing a line, so the best you can ever do is write AN equation of a line.
Do the algebra to re-arrange the result into form.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
