Question

A line with a slope of 1/7 passes through the point (–1, –6). What is its equation in point-slope form?

Answer 1

Point-slope form: y - y1 = m(x - x1). With m = 1/7 and (x1,y1) = (−1,−6):

y - (−6) = (1/7)(x - (−1))

So y + 6 = (1/7)(x + 1).