Question

What is the y- intercept of the graph of 2x + y = -4?

Answer 1

First write the equation in slope-intercept form which is more commonly known as y = mx + b form where the m or the coefficient of the x term represents the slope of the b or the constant term represents the y-intercept.

Subtract 2x from both sides to get y = -2x - 4.

I put the x term first because that's how it is in y = mx + b form.

Now we can see that the b or the constant term is -4.

We can write this as the ordered pair (0, -4).

Keep in mind when writing a y-intercept as an ordered pair, your x-coordinate will always be 0 in the ordered pair.