Answer: (Mayadc821 wrote this anwser check theyre account for more)
Since you know the x and y values, you just have to plug these into the linear slope-intercept equation:
y = mx + b
-10 = m(1) + b
m + b = -10
b = -10 - m
Now that we have a value for b, we can plug this into the other equation:
8 = m(-8) + b
8 = -8m + (-10 - m)
8 = -9m -10
18 = -9m
m = -2
Now that we know what m is equal to, we can plug this into our first equation to get an answer for b:
b = -10 - m
b = -10 -(-2)
b = -10 + 2
b = -8
Our final equation is y = -2x - 8
