Question

13. Which equation represents the line below?

Answer 1

Answer:

y = -2/3x + 3

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we need to calculate the slope of the line. We can do this by using the slope formula using two points:

(y₂ - y₁) / (x₂ - x₁)

If we take the points (-3,5) and (3,1), then: y₂ = 1; y₁ = 5; x₂ = 3; x₁ = -3

Next, we can substitute in values in the equation above to get (1 -5)/(3+3)

** We got 3+3 because it was 3 - (-3), where two negatives equal a positive**

Then, we get, -4/6, which simplifies to -2/3. Our slope is -2/3

After that, we need to find the y-intercept, which is where the line intercepts the y-axis. Here, that is at (0,3).

Therefore, if we put the above information into slope-intercept form:

y = mx + b --> m = -2/3; b = 3

y = -2/3x + 3

Though I don't think that answer choice is there...

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

slope m = Δy/Δx

y values decrease 2 units for every 3 unit increase in x value

m = -2/3

y intercept is (0, 3) = 3

y = (-2/3)x + 3

So NONE of the proposed equations fits the plot provided.

Here's a plot of all the proposed lines compared to the one that actually fits the data in black