Question

What is the equation of the following line? Be sure to scroll down first to see

Answer 1

Hello there,

In order to find the equation you would need to use the slope intercept form:

• $\frac{y_{2} - y_{1} }{x_{2} - x_{1} }$

Now we plug in and solve for the slope:

• $\frac{0-1}{0-(-3)}$ = $\frac{-1}{3}$

Now we plug into y = mx + b to solve for the y-intercept:

• 0 = -$\frac{1}{3}$(0) + b which gives you 0 for the y-intercept

So the equation would have to be y = $-\frac{1}{3}$ +0 or just y = $-\frac{1}{3}$

Hope I helped,

Amna