SOLUTION: Given the slope of a line is -4/5 and a point on the line is (9,-7), find the y-intercept of the line algebraically.

SOLUTION: Given the slope of a line is -4/5 and a point on the line is (9,-7), find the y-intercept of the line algebraically.

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Question 669559: Given the slope of a line is -4/5 and a point on the line is (9,-7), find the y-intercept of the line algebraically.

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given the slope of a line is and a point on the line is (9,-7),
the equation of the line can be written in point-slope form as

That form of the equation can be transformed (algebraically) into the unique slope-intercept form.
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The y-intercept is
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