Find an equation of the line that satisfies the given conditions. x-intercept −20, y-intercept 18

Question

Find an equation of the line that satisfies the given conditions.

x-intercept −20, y-intercept 18

My answer was y=9/10x + 171/10 but that seems to be wrong. Thank you for any help. :)

Answer 1

The slope you calculated is correct.

The error is with the constant term.

Recall that in the slope intercept form of the line

y = mx + b

the 'b' term is the y-intercept.

The problem told you that the y-intercept is 18 and so,

the correct equation is:

y = 9/10x + 18

Good work on finding the slope correctly.