SOLUTION: Find an equation of the line that has slope m and y-intercept b. (Let x be the independent variable and y be the dependent variable.) m = −8; b = −1

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Question 936133: Find an equation of the line that has slope m and y-intercept b. (Let x be the independent variable and y be the dependent variable.)
m = −8; b = −1
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Solved by pluggable solver: Find the equation of the line(with graph)---slope a nd y-intercept:given

Using the slope-intercept form,
y=mx%2Bb
where m=slope, b=y-intercept,
and, substituting the values m=-8 and b=-1,
y=%28-8%29x%2B-1
And the general equation is,
%28-8%29x-y%2B-1=0
graph%28900%2C900%2C-20%2C20%2C-20%2C20%2C%28-8%29%2Ax%2B-1%29