SOLUTION: How would I go about solving this word problem for y-intercept and making an equation? 'A line with slope -1 that passes through the point(5,1)

Question 843208: How would I go about solving this word problem for y-intercept and making an equation?
'A line with slope -1 that passes through the point(5,1)
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

***Using point-slope form, 



(y-1)= -1(x-5)

  y-1 = -x + 5

   y = -x + 6    | y-intercept is 6

    the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is 

  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.









 

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