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Please check my answer : Find the equation of the line that has a slope of 8 and passes through the point (-3,4). I got y=8x-20

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The answer is y = -8x - 20. If you were to use y = 8x - 20 then you'd get 4 = -44, which, obviously, is not true. To fix it all you need to do is add a negative sign in front of the 8. y = -8x - 20.
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