SOLUTION: please help me find an equation of the line satisfying the following condition which passing through the x-axis at -5 and has a slope of 4/3

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Question 771781: please help me find an equation of the line satisfying the following condition which passing through the x-axis at -5 and has a slope of 4/3




Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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an equation of the line satisfying the following condition:
passing through the x-axis at -5 => passing through the point (-5,0)
and has a slope of m=4%2F3
slope-intercept form of linear equation is y=mx%2Bb where m is a slope and b is y-intercept
using given point we will have:
0=%284%2F3%29%28-5%29%2Bb.....solve for b
0=-20%2F3%2Bb
b=20%2F3
b=20%2F3
then your equation is: y=%284%2F3%29x%2B20%2F3

+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+%284%2F3%29x%2B20%2F3%29+