The general form of slope-intercept form is y=mx+b

m stands for the slope
b stands for the y intercept

They are giving you m so you can replace m with -4/5 ⇒ y=-4/5x+b

Now you just need to find b. They also give you the point (0,-3). This means that when x is 0, y is equal to -3.

Lets go back to y=-4/5x+b and replace x with 0 and y with -3.
⇒ -3=(-4/5)(0) + b
⇒ -3= 0+b
⇒ -3=b
⇒ b=-3

Now that you have m and b, you can find your final answer in the form y=mx+b
⇒ y=-4/5x + (-3)
⇒ y= -4/5x - 3

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3 years ago

Roger makes 70 gallons of pink paint by mixing 21 gallons of white paint. what part of every gallon is from red paint?

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There are 49 gallons of red paint.
I figured it out by doing the following:

$70 \: - \: 21 \: = \: 49$
If you subtract the gallons of pink paint (21) from the total number of gallons (70), then you get the number of gallons of red paint (49) because 49 + 21 = 70. I hope that helps :)

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3 years ago