SOLUTION: What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3, -1) and has a slope of 3/5? Put your answer in slope-intercept form.

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Question 822671: What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3, -1) and has a slope of 3/5? Put your answer in slope-intercept form.


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Hi,

What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3, -1) and has a slope of 3/5?

 y +1 = (3/5)(x+3)     |point-slope form, y+-+y%5B1%5D+=+m%28x+-+x%5B1%5D%29

solving for y

  y +1 = (3/5)x + 9/5

   +y+=+%283%2F5%29x+%2B+4%2F5   |slope-intercept form 

the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is y+=+green%28m%29x+%2B+b

  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.