What is the equation in standard form of the line that passes through the point (1, 24) and has a slope of -0.6?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-25T12:42:11

$3x+5y=123$

Let's write this equation in point-slope form before converting it into standard form.

$y=mx+b$
$24=-0.6(1)+b$
$24=-0.6+b$
$24.6=b$
$y=-0.6x+24.6$

Next, let's add $-0.6x$ to each side to get the equation in standard form. Remember that each coefficient MUST be an integer:

$0.6x+y=24.6$
$5*(0.6x+y)=(24.6)*5$
$3x+5y=123$