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What is the y-intercept of the line y+8= -2(x-2.5)

User Rob Holmes
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Answer:

The y intercept is -3 or (0, -3)

Explanation:

y+8= -2(x-2.5)

y + 8 = -2x + 5

y = -2x -3

y= mx + b

b = y-intercept

User MickJ
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Answer:

y-intercept = -3

Explanation:

y + 8= -2(x - 2.5)

y + 8= -2x + 5

subtract 8

y = -2x -3

y-intercept = -3

User Nathanial Woolls
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