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

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

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Answer:

y = -2x - 4

Explanation:

y = mx +b is the slope intercept form of a line. The m is the slope and the b is the y intercept.

The y intercept is where the line crosses the y axis. It crosses at the point (0,-4). The -4 is where the line crosses the y axis. It is the b.

The slope is the change in y over the change in x. To go from point (0,-4) to the point (-2,0) You go up 4 units and the left 2 units. Up is positive and left is negative. 4/-2 which simplifies to -2. This is your m.

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