SOLUTION: If a line has an x-intercept at x=-3 and a y-intercept at y=2 find its equation in the form y=mx+b

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Question 1205693: If a line has an x-intercept at x=-3 and a y-intercept at y=2 find its equation in the form y=mx+b
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If a line has an -intercept at we have a point
(,)
and if a -intercept at => and we have a point
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now we can find a slope


equation in the form
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