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Write the equation of the line, in slope-intercept form, with the

following information:
slope: -1
y-intercept: (0, -1)

User Flywheel
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Answer:

y = -x -1

Explanation:

x1= 0, y1= -1


slope = (x - x1)/(y - y1) = (x - 0)/(y - ( - 1)) = (x)/(y + 1)

-1 = x/(y+1)

-1 (y+1) = x

y+1 = -x

y= -x -1

User Zoran Pavlovic
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