Question

How do I solve this? I found the slope to be -4 and came up with the answer y=-4x-9

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

We are asked to find the equation of the line in point-slope form

We will make use if the equation

`y-y_1=m(x-x_1)`

From the graph, we have the points:

`(0,-1)\text{ and\lparen1,5\rparen}`

Our first step will be to get the slope

`slope=(5-(-1))/(1-0)=(6)/(1)=6`

Also

`\begin{gathered} x_1=0 \\ y_1-1 \end{gathered}`

Thus, we will have the point-slope form as

`\begin{gathered} y-(-1)=6(x-0) \\ \end{gathered}`