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The slope of a line is 2 and the point (1, 1) lies on the line. What is the y-intercept of this line? (0, -1) (0, 5) (-2, 0)

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Answer:

(0, -1)

Explanation:

It's helpful if we think of slope in the context of rise over run.

Since the point (1, 1) lies on the line, because of the slope 2, if we subtract x by 1 to get to x = 0, then we'll be subtracting y by 2.

By that logic, the answer must be (0, -1).

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