Question

A line has a slope of -4 and passes through the point (2,-5)

which is the equation of the line

Answer 1

We will be using the Point Slope formula which is
`y-y_(1) =m(x-x_(1) )`

The information we are given is that m = -4 and the point is (2,-5), so we can input it into the equation.

`y- (-5) = -4(x-2)`

This simplifies into
`y+5 = -4x +8`

Then we can subtract 5 from each side to get the answer:

`y = 4x+3`