There is a line that includes the point (0, –4) and has a slope of 1/10 . What is its equation in slope-intercept form?

Answer 1

Hi Alicia!

Note that the equation for slope-intercept form is y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

First, we plug in the coordinate (0, -4) and the slope of 1/10 into the equation to get the y-intercept:

-4 = (1/10)(0) + b

-4 = 0 + b

b = -4

Therefore, the equation in slope-intercept form is: y = (1/10)x - 4