Question

A student used the slope-intersept form to write the equation of a line that has a slope of -2 and passes through the point (-3/10, 5). The students work is shown on the left. One of the pickures has the answers.

Answer 1

D. Step 6: student needed to add the b value

Step-by-step explanation:

All the steps are correct and they get the b value of 4.4. Since it's positive, it should be added in the orignal equation. So, it should look like y = -2x + 4.4 instead of y = -2x - 4.4