## anonymous 2 years ago Help! Medal will be given!

1. anonymous

help with what

2. anonymous

wait a sec let me write it

3. anonymous

If a line has a slope of -2/5 and passes through the points (3,7), write an equation for this line in slope intercept form

4. anonymous

@jim_thompson5910

5. anonymous

you want to use the point-slope equation:$y-y _{1}=m(x-x _{1})$ next you plug in your values and you get y-7=-2/5(x-3).

6. anonymous

distribute -2/5 and add 7 to both sides and you get y= -2/5x + 6/5 +7

7. anonymous

then just add 6/5 and 7 and your final answer will be y= -2/5x + 8.2. you can leave that in fraction form if you want

8. anonymous

After I distribute it'll be y-7=-2/5x+6/5

9. anonymous

yes, you distribute then add 7 to both sides

10. anonymous

I think it'll be y-29/5=-2/5z

11. anonymous

in slope intercept form you want y to be isolated

12. anonymous

but is what I said correct?

13. anonymous

@friendswithdogs

14. anonymous

im not sure how you got -29/5

15. anonymous

i cant subtract fractions in my calculator

16. anonymous

after you distributed to get $y -7=\frac{ -2 }{ 5 }x +\frac{ 6 }{ 5 }$ use your calculator to add 7 to 6/5 and that should be your answer

17. anonymous

I got y=-2/5x+41/5

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