Q. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (−7,3) and has a slope of −1 ?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 −1 and a point (−7,3) that the line passes through. We can substitute these values into the slope-intercept form to find b. So, we plug in x=−7, y=3, and m=−1 into the equation y=mx+b to get: 3=(−1)(−7)+b
Solve for b: Solve for b.Now we calculate the value of b:3=7+bTo isolate b, we subtract 7 from both sides of the equation:3−7=b−4=b
Write Line Equation: Write the equation of the line using the slope and y-intercept.Now that we have the slope m=−1 and the y-intercept b=−4, we can write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form:y=mx+by=(−1)x+(−4)y=−x−4
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