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What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (5,-7) and has a slope of -1?

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Answer:

The equation of the line is y = -x - 2

Explanation:

In order to find this, we plug the information given into point-slope form. Once we have this, we can solve for the slope intercept form of the equation.

y - y1 = m(x - x1)

y - -7 = -1(x - 5)

y + 7 = -x + 5

y = -x - 2

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