(parallel cross-sections: "parallel" is a mistake)
The solid with circular bases, and square cross-sections perpendicular to the bases is a cylinder, whose height is equal to the diameter of a base circle.
Slope intercept means y=mx+c the slope of the line is m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)=(-3-5)/(1+1)= -4 the equation of the line is y-5 = -4(x+1) 4x+y-1=0 changing the equation into slope intercept form y= -4x+1