Slope-Intercept Form: y=mx+b
Standard Form: ax+by=c
Point- Slope: (y-y1)= m(x-x1)
There are multiple answers to your question-
- If you are only missing b(the y-intercept) but are given a set of points, plug the points into x and y and solve for b.
- If you are only missing the slope(m) but are given a set of points, plug the points into x and y and solve for m.
- If you are given the standard form/point-slope form, change the equation to slope intercept form.
- If you are given an complete form(there is an x and y; no missing variables), but are not sure what it is, plug in some numbers in x to find y, then graph.
Answer:
f(x) = -5x - 2
Step-by-step explanation:
Plug in the first set of values into each possible equation. Whichever equation yields the correct ouputs (y-values) for ALL input (x-values) is the correct answer. For the function f(x) = -5x - 2, f(-2) = 8, f(-1) = 3 and so on... So f(x) = -5x - 2 is the correct answer!
Hope this helps!
We substitute the given into the equation
given: a=-1, b=2, c=

=(

-1
=

-1
=

-1
=

-1
to continue, we can either find a common denominator or change the fraction to decimal.
Fraction to Decimal:

=-2.5
Equation=-2.5-1=-3.5
OR Common Denominator:
=


×

(denominator should be -2=common)
=

+

=

which also = to -3.5