Question

A line has a slope of -2 and passes through the point (3, 1). What is the equation of this line in slope-intercept form?

Answer 1

Question 7. y = -2x + 7. y = mx + b; m= slope (-2) (3, 1) resolve for y. you have : 1= -2 (3) + b; 1 = -6 + b; 1 + 6 = b; b = 7.