Question

1. Use the graph of the line to answer each question.

a. What are the intercepts of the line?
b. What is the slope of the line?
c. Write a linear equation for the line.

Answer 1

a. (0,5) and (4,0)

b. -5/4

c. y = -5/4x + 5

Explanation:

The intercepts are where the line crosses the axis. It crosses at (0,5) and (4,0).

The slope of the line is how much it rises over how much it runs. It rises -5/4 from each intercept to the other.

The linear equation should be written as y = mx+b where b = 5 and the slope -5/4.

So the equation is y = -5/4x + 5.