Problema Solution
Find the equation of the line with slope m, that passes through the given point, put your answer in the slop-intercept form
(3,-4) and m = -(1/4)
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The equation of the line can be expressed in the slope-intercept form
y = mx + b
x and y are coordinates, m is the slope, and b is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept.
to find b lets replace m = -(1/4), x = 3 and y = -4 in the above equation
- 4 = - (1/4)*3 + b
b - 3/4 = - 4
b = 3/4 - 4
b = - 13/4
b = - 3.25
The equation of the line in the slope-intercept form is y = - x/4 - 3.25.