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A line passes through the points (1, -6) and (4,3). What is the y-intercept of this line?

○ -9
○ -3
○ 3
○ 9​

A line passes through the points (1, -6) and (4,3). What is the y-intercept of this-example-1
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After plugging in the points into the formula y2-y1/x2-x1, you’ll find that the slope is 3 or 3/1. Slope is written as rise over run. Using this information, you’ll see that the y-intercept is (0,-9). Hopefully I’m right and hopefully this helps!

Answer: -9
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