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What is the equation of the line in slope-intercept form?

Line on a coordinate plane. The line runs through points begin ordered pair negative 5 comma 0 end ordered pair and begin ordered pair 0 comma 3 end ordered pair.

What is the equation of the line in slope-intercept form? Line on a coordinate plane-example-1

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y = (3)/(5) x + 3
User Mladzo
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Answer:
y= (3)/(5)x+3

Explanation:

The equation of the line in slope-intercept form is given by :-


y= mx+b (1)

, where m= slope of line and b = y-intercept.

From the given graph , it can be seen that the y-intercept of graph is at y= 3.

⇒b=3 (2)

Also, the slope of a line passing through two points (a,b) and (c,d) is given by :-


m=(d-b)/(c-a)

The slope of given line passing through (-5,0) and (0,3) will be :_


m=(3-0)/(0-(-5))=(3)/(5) (3)

Substitute value of b and m from (2) and (3) respectively in equation (1), we get


y= (3)/(5)x+3

Hence, the equation of the line in slope-intercept form :
y= (3)/(5)x+3

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