SOLUTION: Here's the problem: x-intercept= -1/2 and y-intercept= 4 I having a problem dealing with fractions and putting it in point slope equation and coordinate form, please help ack!

SOLUTION: Here's the problem: x-intercept= -1/2 and y-intercept= 4 I having a problem dealing with fractions and putting it in point slope equation and coordinate form, please help ack!

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: Here's the problem: x-intercept= -1/2 and y-intercept= 4
I having a problem dealing with fractions and putting it in point slope equation and coordinate form, please help ack! This question is from textbook Intro Alg Blitz

Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x intercept=-1/2 or (-.5,0)
y intercept=4 or (0,4)
Y=mX+b where (m)=SLOPE & (b)=Y INTERCEPT.
SLOPE=(4-0)/(0+.5)=4/.5=8
THUS THE EQUATION IS Y=8X+4 FOR THIS LINE.
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