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How do you write the slope-intercept form for the equation of a line with slope m=1 and y -intercept (0, -9)?

Answer 1

Eva Adamson

See a solution process below:

The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is: #y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)#

Where #color(red)(m)# is the slope and #color(blue)(b)# is the y-intercept value.

Substituting the slope and #y#-intercept from the problem gives:

#y = color(red)(1)x + color(blue)(-9)#

#y = color(red)(1)x - color(blue)(9)#

#y = x - color(blue)(9)#

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Answer 2

Eva Adamson

The slope-intercept form of the equation of a line is ( y = mx + b ), where ( m ) is the slope and ( b ) is the y-intercept. For a line with slope ( m = 1 ) and y-intercept ( (0, -9) ), the equation in slope-intercept form would be ( y = x - 9 ).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.