Question

What is the equation of the line passing through `(-8,7)` with slope `m= -1/17`?

Answer 1

`x+17y=111`

Explanation:

use the point-slope form

`y-y_1=m(x-x_1)`

`y-7=-1/17(x--8)`

`y=-1/17(x--8)+7`

`y=-1/17(x--8)+7*17/17`

`y=-x/17-8/17+119/17`

`y=-x/17+111/17`

`x+17y=111`

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