The slope of a line is and the y-intercept is - 1/5. What is the equation of the line written in slope-intercept form? Type the equation in the space provided. Be sure to use the slope-intercept form noted in the lesson. Do not type spaces in your answer. If necessary, use the / key to represent a fraction bar.

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Halle Hensley

Mathematics

8 February, 15:51

The slope of a line is and the y-intercept is - 1/5. What is the equation of the line written in slope-intercept form? Type the equation in the space provided. Be sure to use the slope-intercept form noted in the lesson. Do not type spaces in your answer. If necessary, use the / key to represent a fraction bar.

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Leonel Manning · Answer 1

y=-1/5x-1/5

Step-by-step explanation:

I assume you were saying that the y-int = - 1/5 and the slope = - 1/5. If so, here we go.

Slope intercept form is y=mx+b

y = y

m = slope

x = x

b = y-intercept

from here on you just plug in numbers

y = (-1/5) x + (-1/5)

Since b is a negative, it changes to subtraction because you don't add negatives

so the answer would be

y = - 1/5x-1/5