Answer:
Explanation:
You have two pieces if information: the slope of a line and a point on the line. So you can use the "point-slope" formula in order to write the equation of this line. It is a fill-in-the-blank type of formula.
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
In this fill-in-the-blank formula the y1, the m, and the x1 will be filled in with the numbers you were given.
The problem gave the slope as -3/2 , this is your m. On these linear equation problems and formulas, m always stands for the slope.
So fill that in:
y - y1 = -3/2 (x - x1)
They also gave you a point, that is the (x1, y1) that you need to fill in the formula. The point was (-12, 16), so -12 will be your x1 and 16 will be your y1. Fill it in!
y - 16 = -3/2 (x - -12)
Simplify that ugly 'minus a negative' in the parenthesis.
y - 16 = -3/2 (x + 12)
If you were never told what form of equation to write, or they said "any form of the equation", then you're done!
This is in "point-slope" form.
y - 16 = -3/2(x+12) Ta-da!
If you need to change it to "slope-intercept' form then there are a few more steps.
y - 16 = (-3/2)x + (-3/2)12
y - 16 = (-3/2)x - 18
+16 +16
y = -3x/2 - 2 This is y=mx+b (called slope-intercept form)