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Is the equation y + 1 = 8(x + 7) in point-slope form? Justify your answer.

Is the equation y + 1 = 8(x + 7) in point-slope form? Justify your answer.-example-1
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The point-slope form is:


y-y_0=m(x-x_0)

In this case, the equation is:


y+1=8\cdot(x+7)

So, it's in the point-slope form.

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