what is the equation of the line for 4/5, (1,-1)

Question

4/5, (1,_1)

 

Find equation of the line having the given slope and containing the given point.

 

Equation of the line is?

Answer 1

I am assuming that you mean the slope equals 4/5.

 

We can put the equation into y=mx +b form.

 

m is the slope, so we already know that m = 4/5

 

Next, we have to find b.

 

If we have the point (1, -1) and we know that the slope is 4/5, then we can just subtract 4/5 from -1 to get our y-intercept.

 

So, the answer is....

 

y = 4/5 x - 9/5