Question

I'm confused- how do I form the equation with 2 pts?

Write the equation of the line given the y-intercept and x-intercept.


y-intercept is (0, –6), x-intercept is (–2, 0)

Answer 1

the equation of the line is y = -3x - 6

Explanation:

Note that since (0, -6) is the y-intercept, we can write the slope-intercept equation of the line as y = mx - 6. The other given point is (-2, 0) (which happens to be the x-intercept also). Starting with y = mx - 6, replace y with 0 and x with -2:

0 = m(-2) - 6. We now solve this for the slope, m: 0 = -2m - 6 becomes

2m = -6, or m = -3.

With m = -3 and b = -6, the equation of the line is y = -3x - 6