A student writes the equation for a line that has a slope of -6 and passes through the point (2, –8). y -(-8) = -6(x - 2) y -(-8

Question

4 years ago

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) = -6x + 12 y -(-8) + 8 = -6x + 12 + 8 y = -6x + 20 Explain why the work is not correct.

2 answers:

Mice21 [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-08T03:40:13+03:00

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Y - (-8) = -6 (x-2) is correct everything else is not
y + 8 = -6x + 12
y +:8 - 8 = -6x + 12 - 8
y = -6x + 4 is slope intercept form

Zarrin [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-08T05:15:21+03:00

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Answer:

The student should have simplified the equation to have y + 8 on the left.

Then, the student should have subtracted 8 from both sides of the equation.

The value of b should be 4, not 20.

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