SOLUTION: y=5x;(2,-1) how do you find the slope intercept form?

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Question 823314: y=5x;(2,-1) how do you find the slope intercept form?
Answer by erica65404(394) About Me  (Show Source):
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The slope intercept form is y=mx%2Bb where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. They give you y=5x they want you to find b.
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y=5x%2Bb
plug the point (2,-1) into the equation. The x-value replaces x and the y value replaces the y
-1=5%2A2%2Bb
-1=10%2Bb
-11=b
Plug b back into the equation. The equation you would get is y=5x-11. This would be the slope intercept form.