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A lone passes through the point (8,-4) and has a slope of -3/4

User Gsharp
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Slope intercept form: y = mx+ b

m = slope

b = y-intercept

Since we don't have "b", thats what we need to solve for.

-4 = -3/4(8) + b

-4 = 6 + b

-10 = b

Put everything we know back into the original form.

y = -3/4x - 10

Best of Luck!

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