Equatiion fo the line

[Carmen8722]

A line passes thorough (-5,3) and has the slope -7. Write the equation of the line in both the point- slope form and the slope intercept form.

 

[pappus]

A line passes thorough (-5,3) and has the slope -7. Write the equation of the line in both the point- slope form and the slope intercept form.

1. If a point P(p, q) is placed on a line with the slope m then the equation of this line in point-slope form is:

\(\displaystyle (y-q)=m \cdot (x-p)\)

2. If you solve this equation for y you'll get the equation of the line in slope-intercept form.