SOLUTION: WRITE A SLOPE-INTERCEPT EQUATION FOR A LINE WITH THE GIVEN CHARACTERISTICS. m=1/3, passes through (-1,-2)

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Question 137319: WRITE A SLOPE-INTERCEPT EQUATION FOR A LINE WITH THE GIVEN CHARACTERISTICS.
m=1/3, passes through (-1,-2)
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=mX+b
-2=1/3*-1+b
-2=-1/3+b
b=-2+1/3
b=-5/3 ANSWER FOR THE Y INTERCEPT.
THUS THE LINE EQUATION IS:
Y=X/3-5/3
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+x%2F3+-5%2F3%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, x/3 -5/3).