Question

30 POINTS!! Write the slope-intercept form of the equation for the line.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. $y = -\frac{3}{10}x + \frac{1}{2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Well slope-intercept form is $y = ax + b$.

Let's start with the slope.

In this case, finding the slope is easy.

It should have a negative slope.

So we can cross out answer choices A. and C.

Also, we can cross out D. because it just makes no sense, -10/3, if you start from the y-intercept and go down 10 and across 3, yeah that's

not the slope.

So we can cross out D.

The only answer choice left is B.

We can tell the y-intercept is 1/2 because like come on so B is the correct answer.

B. $y = -\frac{3}{10}x + \frac{1}{2}$

Answer 2

Looking at the graph, we can figure out our y-intercept or b simply by looking at the line to see where it intersects the y-axis.

So, we can see that the line intersects the y-axis at 1/2 or 0.5

That means, our y-intercept or b is 1/2 (0.5).

Now, to find out the slope of the line, we can pick two pairs of coordinates on the line and plug it into the slope equation to figure out the slope.

Let's use the two coordinate pairs: (-5, 2) and (0, 1/2).

Plug it in.

1/2 - 2 = - 1.5

0 - - 5 = 5

-1.5/5 = -0.3

Convert it into a fraction: -0.3 = -3/10

Thus, our slope intercept form for this line is: y = -3/10 + 1/2