Question

Point:(-5,1); slope: -
4
write in point-slope form:

Answer 1

y-1=-4(x+5)

Explanation:

y-y1=m(x-x1)

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

y-1=-4(x+5)

Answer 2

Answer: y - 1 = -4(x + 5)

Explanation:

The point-slope formula is y -
`y_1` = m(x -
`x_1`) where m is the slope and (
`x_1`,
`y_1`) is a point on the graph.

Using the formula, we will plug in our known values to write our equation.

y -
`y_1` = m(x -
`x_1`)

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

y - 1 = -4(x + 5)

However, in the picture the slope is
`(1)/(4)`, so we would write it as;

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