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Explain how you would graph the line containing a slope of –1/5 that goes through the point (1,–4).

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Explain how you would graph the line containing a slope of –1/5 that goes through-example-1
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y=-1/5x-3.8

The y-intercept is (0,-3.8) and then the next pint would be one unit down and five units to the right. Or just plug in numbers to get your points.

Explanation:

Use the slope-point formula

y-y1=m(x-x1)

y-(-4)=(-1/5)(x-1)

y+4=-1/5x+1/5

y=-1/5x-3.8

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