Question

What is the slope-intercept equation of the line below?​

Answer 1

y=-2x-1

Explanation:

find the slope using the two points (0,-1) and (2,-5)

`m=((-5+1))/((2-0))=-2`

then since we know the y-intercept is -1, you plug the data into y=mx+b getting the function y=-2x-1