Friday, November 6, 2015

A line having a slope of 3/4 passes through the point (−8,4).Write the equation of this line in slope-intercept form.

Let the required line be y = mx+c in the slope intercept
form, where m is the slope and c is the y intercept.


We
determine m and c by the using given conditions.


m = 3/4,
given.


So y = (3/4)x+c
(1).


The line at (1) has the point (-8, 4) on
it.


Therefore  4 =
(3/4)*(-8)+c...(2)


(1)-(2) gives: y-4 =
(3/4)(x+8).


=> y -4 = (3/4)x +
6


We  multiply 4  to get integral
coefficients.


4(y-4) =
3x+24


We
rearrange.


3x-4y+24+16=
0


3x-4y+40 = 0 is the required
line.

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