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What is the y-intercept of a line that has a slope of 3 and passes through point (–1, –7)?

–10
–4
3
7

User J Santosh
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To get this answer you would put this information into point-slope form and then solve for the y-intercept
Math Work:
y-y1=m(x-x1) So you would plug in the y1, m and x1
y+7=3(x+1) the negatives cancel out and turn into positives
y+7=3x+3
-7 -7
y=3x-4
negative 4 is your y-intercept (-4)
User Andrei Avram
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The answer is b, (-4)

User Hintham
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