Q. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (6,5) and has a slope of −61 ?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 −61 and the point (6,5). We can plug these values into the slope-intercept form to solve for b. Using the point (6,5), we substitute x with 6 and y with 5 in the equation m0: m1
Simplify to solve for b: Simplify the equation to solve for b.5=−61×6+b simplifies to:5=−1+bNow, add 1 to both sides to solve for b:5+1=b6=b
Write line equation: Write the equation of the line using the slope and y-intercept.Now that we have the slope m=−61 and the y-intercept b=6, we can write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form:y=−61x+6
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