find the slope form for the line satisfying the following conditions x-intercept 3 y-intercept 1 over 5

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terenzreignz · Answer

You need to know the slope of the line, and that can be done by dividing the y-intercept by the *negative* of the x-intercept, which gets you...?

anonymous · Answer

you said divide 1/5 by 3?

terenzreignz · Answer

1/5 by negative 3. @mailee12

anonymous · Answer

-0.06?

terenzreignz · Answer

I prefer to keep it in fraction form :)
$$\Large -\frac{1}{15}$$

anonymous · Answer

why fraction form?

terenzreignz · Answer

Because it's exact that way...
It's not even equal to -0.06 because you cut off the rest of the decimal :)

anonymous · Answer

yeah i did sorry it was alot of zeros

terenzreignz · Answer

you mean 6's ?
And my advice is never ever use the decimal form unless specifically instructed to do so.

terenzreignz · Answer

So anyway, this is the slope m of your line.

The equation of the line is traditionally (?) given in this form:
$$\Large y = \color{blue}mx +\color{red}b$$
where $\large \color{blue}m$  is the slope and $\large \color{red}b$ is the y-intercept.

anonymous · Answer

got it writing it down thank you

terenzreignz · Answer

What's your answer?

anonymous · Answer

y=3x -1/5?

terenzreignz · Answer

You got it wrong...
What's your slope?
The one you solved for...

anonymous · Answer

its not - 1/15 then yeah im having a huge brain fart

terenzreignz · Answer

That's the slope... $$-\frac1{15}$$
And what's your y-intercept?

anonymous · Answer

3?