SOLUTION: please help find an equation for the line that contains the point (3,5) and has slope m=-4. Express the equation in slope-intercept form.

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Question 62116: please help
find an equation for the line that contains the point (3,5) and has slope m=-4.
Express the equation in slope-intercept form.
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find an equation for the line that contains the point (3,5) and has slope m=-4.
Express the equation in slope-intercept form. This is slope intercept form: highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29, where m=slope and (0,b)=y-intercept.
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You have a point and a slope and need the equation of the line, use the Point slope formula: highlight%28y-y1=m%28x-x1%29%29, where m=slope and (x1,y1) is the given point.
m=-4 and (x1,y1)=(3,5)
y-5=-4%28x-3%29
y-5=-4x%2B12
y-5%2B5=-4x%2B12%2B5
highlight%28y=-4x%2B17%29
Happy Calculating!!!