Question

Right the slope intercept form for the line that travels through (4,-1) and is parallel to y=1/4x

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The slope is given to you by the line y = 1/4 x

The slope is just read as the number in front of x providing that the coefficient of y is 1. If that is not so, then you must divide by the coefficient in front of y. So far what you have is y = 1/4 x + b.

The second part of the question is to use the given point to find b.

x = 4

y = -1

b = ?                       substitute x and y to find b

y = 1/4 * 4 + b

- 1 = 1/4 * 4 + b

-1 = 1 + b

-2 = b

The equation of the line is y = 1/4 x - 2 Just to confirm this, I'm going to include the graph with the point 4,-1 on it.