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What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-4,1) and has a slope -5/4?

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Answer:

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

Explanation:

You want the equation of the line with slope -5/4 through point (-4, 1).

Point-slope form

The point-slope form of the equation for a line is ...

y -k = m(x -h) . . . . . . . line with slope m through point (h, k)

Using the given values, the equation is ...

y -1 = -5/4(x +4) . . . . . . line with slope -5/4 through point (-4, 1)

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Additional comment

In slope-intercept form the equation is ...

y = -5/4x -4

The graph shows us the y-intercept is -4.

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