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What is the slope and y-intercept from the table below?

m=______
b=______

(y=mx+b)​

What is the slope and y-intercept from the table below? m=______ b=______ (y=mx+b-example-1

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Answer:

The equation is y = -5x + 55

Slope = -5

y-intercept = 55

Explanation:

The given table shows the different coordinates of points on a straight line.

The general equation of a line is y = mx + b

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

Actually , here only 2 values are needed but there are 4 values given which is just to check whether our line is correct or not.

Substitute values of x and y in the equation.

Put (1,50),

50 = m + b ----------(1)

Put (2,45),

45 = 2m + b -----------(2)

Solve (1) and (2),

Slope , m = -5

y-intercept , b = 55

Hence , the equation is y = -5x + 55.

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