SOLUTION: slope -3; through (1,-4) what iv tryed is y+4=-3[x-(1)] y+4=-3(x-1) when i checked in the back of the book it was wrong

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Question 658189: slope -3; through (1,-4)
what iv tryed is
y+4=-3[x-(1)]
y+4=-3(x-1)
when i checked in the back of the book it was wrong

Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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slope -3; through (1,-4)
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Use y = mx + b and the point to find b
-4 = -3*1 + b
b = -1
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Then it's y = -3x - 1
Or,
3x + y = -1

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source):
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Keep going to get

y+4=-3(x-1)

y = -3(x-1)-4

y = -3x + 3 - 4

y = -3x - 1

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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It is not wrong, per se. It probably just isn't in the desired form. Try slope-intercept: Solve for in terms of everything else so that it looks like . If that doesn't work, try standard form. Arrange it to look like

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it