SOLUTION: Find an equation of the line that has slope m and y-intercept b. (Let x be the independent variable and y be the dependent variable.) m = −8; b = −1

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Question 936133: Find an equation of the line that has slope m and y-intercept b. (Let x be the independent variable and y be the dependent variable.)
m = −8; b = −1
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Solved by pluggable solver: Find the equation of the line(with graph)---slope a nd y-intercept:given

Using the slope-intercept form,

where m=slope, b=y-intercept,
and, substituting the values m=-8 and b=-1,

And the general equation is,



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