SOLUTION: What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3, -1) and has a slope of 2/5 ? Put your answer in slope-intercept form.

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Question 322358: What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3, -1) and has a slope of 2/5 ? Put your answer in slope-intercept form.
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, Fombitz:
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-3, -1) and has a slope of 2/5
Y=mX+b where m=slope & b=the Y intercept.
-1=2/5*-3+b
-1=-6/5+b
b=-1+6/5
b=-5/5+6/5
b=1/5 ans.
Y=2X/5+1/5 ans.
(graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, 2x/5 +1/5).

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the point-slope form of a line,





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