Find an equation of the line having the given slope and containing the given point m=6/7,(5,-6)

Use the general form:

y = mx + c

where m is the slope and c is the y intercept.

What you do is first use the slope and the point given to get the y-intercept c, which you can put in the initial equation to get the complete equation. :)

slope is defined to be the change in y over the change in x. so...

6/7 = (-6-y)/(5-x).

now you but it in a form your teacher will accept.