What is the equation of the line that has a slope of -2 and passes through the point (-5,0) ?
1 Answer
May 7, 2018
Explanation:
If we have two points on a line:
Then we can say that the gradient of the line is:
Let
And:
This is known as the point slope form of a line.
We know
Substituting these into the slope point form, with
This is the required equation.