Question

Which equation does the graph below represent?

y = 1 x
y = 4x
y = _ 1x
y = -4x

Answer 1

Y=-4x

Explanation:

Whenever you solve for slope, and the slope is 1, never write 1 in the equation. Write either -x or x. Let's take two coordinates, one which is (0, 0), which is the origin, and (1, -4). To find the slope, we insert the first coordinate and second coordinate values into the equation (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1). We can insert these coordinates to get (-4 - 0)/(1 - 0), which simplifies to (-4)/1, which further simplifies to -4. Since the Y-intercept is zero, there is no value of B in the equation, which leaves the equation as Y=-4x