You can
put this solution on YOUR website!The slope intercept form is:
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where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept which is the point on the y-axis where the
graph crosses.
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In this case you are given that the slope (m) is
which means that for every 5 units
you go horizontally to the right, the graph drops vertically 2 units. (It drops because of
the minus sign. If the slope were a positive value
, then for every 5 units you go
horizontally to the right, you would go vertically up 2 units.)
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You are also told that the y-intercept (b) is + 3.
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So all you need to do to answer this question is to go to the standard slope intercept
equation of
and plug
in for m and
for b to get the
slope intercept equation of:
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Piece of cake!!!
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and here's the graph of this equation so that you can see what a negative slope of
looks like and can verify that the graph crosses the y axis at + 3.
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Hope this helps you to catch up and also hope you are feeling better now.
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