Question

What is the equation of the line in slope-intercept form?

Write your answer using integers, proper fractions, and improper fractions in simplest form.

Answer 1

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

Explanation:

The slope is calculated by "up ÷ across".

= -1 ÷ 4

=
`-(1)/(4)`

The y-intercept is just 0 (because the line meets at the y axis at 0).

So, using
`y=mx+b` (where m = slope and b = y-intercept),

`y=-(1)/(4)x+0`

but the '+0' is unnecessary so we just say
`y=-(1)/(4)x`