Question

It's #25 guys. Show your work!

Answer 1

$y+8 = \frac{1}{2}(x-7)$ is equivalent to $y-(-8) = \frac{1}{2}(x-7)$

That is in the form $y-y_{1} = m(x-x_{1})$ which is point slope form

In this case,

m = 1/2 is the slope
(x1,y1) = (7,-8) is the point the line goes through