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Find an equation of the line passing through the points (5, 2) with the slope m =5/6​

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Explanation:

I guess, the equation is meant to be in slope-intercept form :

y = ax + b

"a" is the slope, "b" is the y intercept (the y value when x = 0).

in a situation like this, where we have the slope and one point of the line, we can start with the point-slope form

y - y1 = a(x - x1)

"a" is again the slope, and (x1, y1) is the given point.

and then we transform this over to the slope-intercept form.

so, in our case here

y - 2 = 5/6 × (x - 5) = 5x/6 - 25/6

let's simplify this by multiplying everything by 6 :

6y - 12 = 5x - 25

6y = 5x - 13

y = 5/6 x - 13/6

or

y = 1/6 × (5x - 13)

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