SOLUTION: What is the slope and y intercept for the line in b? b) The water line is given by the equation y=-2/3x-12 Suppose you want to put a pink flamingo lawn ornament in your back

Question 175560: What is the slope and y intercept for the line in b?
b) The water line is given by the equation y=-2/3x-12
Suppose you want to put a pink flamingo lawn ornament in your backyard, but you want to avoid placing it directly over the water line, in case you need to excavate the line for repairs in the future. Could you place it at the point
(-4,-10)?
No

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can see that the equation is in slope intercept form where the slope is and the y-intercept is note: the y-intercept is the point

Since we're looking at the point (-4,-10), this means that and

Start with the given equation.

Plug in and

Multiply

Multiply 12 by

Subtract the fractions.

Since the equation is NOT true, this means that the point (-4,-10) is NOT on the line . So the flamingo at the point (-4,-10) is NOT on the water line

So you can place the flamingo at the point (-4,-10).
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