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Find a point-slope form for the line with slope
(1)/(5)and passing through the point (-8,-4)

User Kalel Wade
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Find a point-slope form for the line with slope


(1)/(5) and passing through the point (-8,-4)​

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The point-slope form for the line is

The slope is m

and point 1 (x1, y1)

(y - y1 ) = m (x - x1)

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The case m = 1/5 and the point (-8,-4)​; x1= -8; y1= -4

(y - (-4) ) = (1/5) (x - (-8))

(y + 4) = (1/5) (x +8)

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The point-slope form for the line is

(y + 4) = (1/5) (x +8)

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