Question

what is the equation of the line, in slope intercept form, that goes through the point (-1,-8) with m=-3?

Answer 1

Hello!

All we need to get the equation besides the slope is the y-intercept. To find it we can plug in the ordered pair and the slope into slope intercept form and solve for b.

-8=-3(-1)+b
-8=3+b
-11=b

Now we can put this y-intercept into our equation.

y=-3x-11

I hope this helps!