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If a line has a slope of -4, what is the y-intercept if it also passed through the point (-2, 7)?

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Answer:

-1

Explanation:

y=mx +c

y= -4X + c

7 = -4 x -2 + c

7= 8 + c

7-8 = c

-1 = c

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As slope is found by and our points are ( ) ( ) for the minimum and maximum heights, respectively, we can reason that the slope of the best fit line should be While this is by no means a perfect slope, it does provide us with a good estimate for the actual slope of the best fit line.Using the information, our equation has only one more variable ...

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