<PRE><B>Question 701318</B>
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot;&gt;Because you are given the two intercepts, you have two points.&lt;br&gt;

And any two points will uniquely define a straight line!&lt;br&gt;

(6,0) is the x-intercept&lt;br&gt;

(0,-6) is the y-intercept&lt;br&gt;

Now let&#39;s find the slope (rise over run):&lt;br&gt;

{{{m=(0-(-6))/(6-0)}}}&lt;br&gt;

{{{m=(0+6)/6}}}&lt;br&gt;

{{{m=6/6}}}&lt;br&gt;

{{{m=1}}}&lt;br&gt;

Now we have our slope and our y-intercept, given as (0,-6) which is all we need:&lt;br&gt;

{{{y=mx+b}}} where m is the slope, and b is the y-intercept&lt;br&gt;

{{{y=(1)*x+(-6)}}}&lt;br&gt;

{{{y=x-6}}}&lt;br&gt;

I hope this helps!  Keep practicing!  :)&lt;br&gt;

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