SOLUTION: How would you find the equation of a line if you were given the slope and the x-intercept?

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Question 139824: How would you find the equation of a line if you were given the slope and the x-intercept?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given a slope of (2) and a given x intercept of (4,0) then:
0=2*4+b where b= the y intercept.
0=8+b
b=-8 thus we have the line equation
Y=2X-8
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+2x+-8%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, 2x -8).