Question

Write (-3,-9) and (4,-2) in slope intercept form

Answer 1

Slope intercept form is y = x - 6 (you don't write 1 in front of x in this case btw)

Slope = 1

Y-intercept = -6

Explanation:

Slope intercept form looks like this y=mx+b, where m is slope and b is y-intercept.

To find slope, we will do y2 - y1 over x2 - x1.

This is how coordinates are written btw (x,y)

So we will do:

-2 - (-9) = -2 + 9 = 7

4 - (-3) = 4 + 3 = 7

Since 7/7 is the same as 7÷7, the slope is going to be 1. (It's also a positive slope btw)

Now, in order to find what the y-intercept is, you should use the point slope formula⤵⤵⤵:

`y - y _(1) = m(x - x _(1))`

We'll use point (4,-2) for this:

y + 2 = 1 (x - 4)

Now we solve:

Distribute the 1 among everything inside the parenthesis to get y + 2 = x - 4, then subtract 2 on both sides to get y = x - 6.

Hope this helps :)