Respuesta :
Answer:
- The y-intercept is (0, -37/7).
Explanation:
When you have one point and the slope of a line you can find its equation by using the point-slope form of the linear function:
- m = slope
- point = (a, b)
- point-slope equation: (y - b) = m (x - a).
Now substitute m = -1/7 and (a,b) = (5, - 6)
- y - (-6) = -1/7 (x - 5)
Solve for y:
- y + 6 = - 1/7 ( x - 5)
- 7y + 7(6) = - (x - 5)
- 7y + 42 = - x + 5
- 7y = - x + 5 - 42
- 7y = - x - 37
- y = -(1/7)x - 37/7 ← this is the slope-intercept form of the equation.
The y-intercept is the point when x = 0. So, the corresponding y-coordinate is the constant term in the last equation:
- y = 0 - 37/7 = - 37/7
And the y-intercept is the point (0, -37/7).