What is the slope intercept form of the line with a slope of #-1 # that passes through # (-5,7) #?
1 Answer
Oct 2, 2017
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is:
Where
In the problem we are given:
Substituting this into the formula gives:
Next, we can substitute the values from the point in the problem for
Substituting this result into the formula gives: