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What is the slope-intercept equation for this line?

What is the slope-intercept equation for this line?-example-1

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Answer:


y=-(1)/(4) x-1

Explanation:

find the slope of the line using the two points (0,-1) and (4,-2)


((-2+1))/((4-0)) =-(1)/(4)

since we already know that the y-intercept is -1 then you plug the numbers into the slope-intercept form y=mx+b and you get
y=-(1)/(4)x-1

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