Question

write an equation of the line in standard form with the given slope through the given point:
2; (1,4)

Answer 1

Just got the same question from someone else, so I'll just copy and paste my explanation here:

Here's your basic equation for a line.
y=mx+b

m is your slope, and you're given a slope. So your equation so far is y=2x+b.

Now you want to plug in the (1,4) you're given. You'd plug in 1 for x and 4 for y, and then you could find what b is.

Does that make sense?