Question

PLS HELP Write the equation that is parallel to y = -3x + 7 and passes through the point (2, -1). Write your answer in slope intercept form.

Answer 1

y = -3x + 5

Work,
They tell you that it it parallel so that means that the slope must be the same (-3), and they also give us a point so now we need to find the y-intercept. We can do that by plugging the point and slope into the equation y = mx + b

This is what it should look like…
-1 = -3*2 + b
-1 = -6 + b
-1 + 6 = -6 + b + 6
5 = b