Question

Write an equation in POINT SLOPE FORM of a line through point J(3,=2) with a slope of -5.

Answer 1

The linear equation in the point-slope form is y - 2 = -5*(x - 3)

How to write the linear equation?

If a line passes through a point (a, b) and it has a slope m, then the point-slope form of the line is given by:

y - b = m*(x - a)

Here we have:

m = -5

(a, b) = (3, 2)

Then we can replace the correspondent values in the general equation above to get:

y - 2 = -5*(x - 3)