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How to write y-1=-x-6 In slope intercept form

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y=-x-5. you just need to add 1 to another side to get rid of 1 from the left side

User Illia Chill
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Answer:

y = -x -5

Explanation:

Note that the slope-intercept form is: y = mx + b

Isolate the b. Note the equal sign, what you do to one side, you do to the other. Add 1 to both sides

y - 1 (+1) = -x - 6 (+1)

y = -x - 6 + 1

y = -x - 5

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