SOLUTION: Maria wrote the equation of a line that has a slope of Four-thirds and passes through point (3, 5). Which statement is true? The y-intercept is 4. The slope-intercept equation is

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Question 1158144: Maria wrote the equation of a line that has a slope of Four-thirds and passes through point (3, 5). Which statement is true?
The y-intercept is 4.
The slope-intercept equation is y = four-thirds x + 1.
The point-slope equation is y minus 3 = four-thirds (x minus 5).
The line also passes through the point (0, - 2).

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, josmiceli:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We are given a point and the slope, so we use the point slope form
for an equation of a line:



where we substitute the given slope for m and the given point for (x11).  
[We do not substitute for x and y, but leave them variable.]



Distribute the 4/3:



Add 5 to both sides



Now it's in the slope-y-intercept form where the slope is 4/3 and the
y-intercept is 1

We'll check the choices:
The y-intercept is 4.
That's wrong because the y-intercept is 1, not 4.
The slope-intercept equation is y = four-thirds x + 1.
That's true because that's what we got.  So we have the answer. 
But let's see why the others are false anyway.
The point-slope equation is y minus 3 = four-thirds (x minus 5).
That's wrong because that has the x1 and y1 switched.
The line also passes through the point (0, - 2).
Let's substitute that and see why it's false:






That's certainly false.

Edwin

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
( 3,5 )

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Use the general point-slope formula

Multiply both sides by




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(1) false, the y-intercept is 1
(2) true
(3) false
(4)
( 0, -2 )


false
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Only (2) is true


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