Q. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (−6,1) and has a slope of −65 ?Answer:
Identify slope-intercept form: Identify the slope-intercept form of a line's equation. The slope-intercept form of a line's equation 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 −65 and a point (−6,1) that the line passes through. We can substitute these values into the slope-intercept form to find b. So, we plug in x=−6, y=1, and m=−65 into the equation y=mx+b. 1=−65×(−6)+b
Solve for b: Solve for b.1=5+bSubtract 5 from both sides to isolate b.1−5=bb=−4
Write line equation: Write the equation of the line using the slope and y-intercept.Now that we have the slope m=−65 and the y-intercept b=−4, we can write the equation of the line.The equation is y=−65x−4.
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