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Write the equation of the line that contains the given point and has the given slope.

(4, –10), slope is –5

User Fatah
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you have to say
-10= 4*-5 a

a=10
the equation is
y=-5x + 10
User Brian Thorne
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use point slope form: (Y-Y1)=slope(X-X1)
so (y+10)=-5(x-4)
User Volodymyr Boyko
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