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Select all points on the line with a slope of -1/2 that go through the point (4,-1)

User Joe Doyle
by
3.2k points

2 Answers

6 votes

Answer:

The general format for the point-intercept quation is

y

=

m

x

+

b

Where

m

=

slope and

b

=

y-intercept

Given the slope is

2

, the equation now looks like

y

=

2

x

+

b

Given

P

(

1

,

4

)

we can solve for the

b

variable by substituting the

x

and

y

cordinates.

4

=

2

(

1

)

+

b

4

=

2

+

b

b

=

6

Therefore the equation that has the slope of

2

and passes through the point

(

1

,

4

)

is

y

=

2

x

+

6

Here's a graphical look,

graph{2x+6 [-10, 10, -5, 10]}

Explanation:

User Ansar Maleki
by
3.2k points
9 votes

Answer: (-4,4) (4, 6).

Explanation:

Use a graph to test it

User Michal Bernhard
by
3.3k points