Q. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (−1,−6) and has a slope of 5 ?Answer:
Identify Slope-Intercept Form: Identify the slope-intercept form of a line's equation.The slope-intercept form is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
Find Y-Intercept: Use the given slope and point to find the y-intercept b. We have the slope m as 5 and a point (−1,−6) that the line passes through. We can substitute these values into the slope-intercept form to find b. −6=5(−1)+b
Solve for b: Solve for b.−6=−5+bb=−6+5b=−1
Write Line Equation: Write the equation of the line using the slope and y-intercept.Now that we have the slope m=5 and the y-intercept b=−1, we can write the equation of the line.y=5x−1
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