Question

The slope-intercept form of the equation of a line that passes through point (–3, 8) is y = –x + 6. What is the point-slope form of the equation for this line?

Answer 1

Please note: y = -x + 6 is NOT satisfied by (-3,8): 8 is NOT = to -(-3)+ 6.
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Here I have changed the problem statement slightly: The slope-intercept form of the equation of a line that passes through point (–3, 8) is y = –x + 5

Re-writing this in point-slope form: y - 5 = -1(x-[-3] ).