Question

A line with slope

-1/3
passes through the point (-4, 4).
Find the coordinates of another point on the line.

Answer 1

(0, 8/3) = y-intercept

Explanation:

I chose to find the y-intercept since it is easy to find with the given information.

The equation for a line is y = mx + b

To find the y-intercept, we must plug in the info we have and solve for b:

4 = -1/3 (-4) + b

4 = -4/3 + b

8/3 = b

To find a point on the line, you also could have added -1 to 4 and 3 to -4 since slope means rise/run or change in y/change in x:

(y - 1) / (x + 3) = (4 - 1) / (-4 + 3) = (3, -1) (flip since it's the y and x coordinate) = (-1, 3)