Question 38634
<pre><font size = 4><b>Write the point -slope form of the line with slope 5 
containing the point (3, -2).

The point-slope form is

          y - y<sub>1</sub> = m(x - x<sub>1</sub>)

where the slope is m and the point is (x<sub>1</sub>, y<sub>1</sub>)

So all we do is substitute 5 for m, 3 for x<sub>1</sub> and -2 for y<sub>1</sub>

          y - (-2) = 5(x - 3)

or

             y + 2 = 5(x - 3)

So you leave it like that and don't simplify it or else it will
become the slope-intercept form y = mx + b.

Edwin
AnlytcPhil@aol.com</pre>