Question

Need help!! Don't understand

Answer 1

The equation would be y = -5/2x - 14. Since the slope and a coordinate pair was given, I used point slope form to figure out the equation.

Work:

y - 6 = -5/2 (x+8)
y - 6 = -5/2x - 20
  + 6               +6
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y = -5/2x - 14