Examples

$m = - 4$ , $(- 1, - 4)$

Step 1

Use the slope $- 4$ and a given point $(- 1, - 4)$ to substitute for $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ in the point-slope form $y - y_{1} = m (x - x_{1})$ , which is derived from the slope equation $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ .

$y - (- 4) = - 4 \cdot (x - (- 1))$

Step 2

Simplify the equation and keep it in point-slope form.

$y + 4 = - 4 \cdot (x + 1)$

Step 3

Solve for $y$ .

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Step 3.1

Simplify $- 4 \cdot (x + 1)$ .

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Step 3.1.1

Rewrite.

$y + 4 = 0 + 0 - 4 \cdot (x + 1)$

Step 3.1.2

Simplify by adding zeros.

$y + 4 = - 4 \cdot (x + 1)$

Step 3.1.3

Apply the distributive property.

$y + 4 = - 4 x - 4 \cdot 1$

Step 3.1.4

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$y + 4 = - 4 x - 4$

Step 3.2

Move all terms not containing $y$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 3.2.1

Subtract $4$ from both sides of the equation.

$y = - 4 x - 4 - 4$

Step 3.2.2

Subtract $4$ from $- 4$ .

$y = - 4 x - 8$

Step 4

List the equation in different forms.

Slope-intercept form:

$y = - 4 x - 8$

Point-slope form:

$y + 4 = - 4 \cdot (x + 1)$

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