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1 Writing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

Mr. Soto

February 28, 2007

Slope Intercept Form

y = mx + b m is the slope b is the y-intercept

Writing an Equation of a Line

Write an equation of the line whose slope m is -2 and whose y-intercept

b is 5.
Try This: writing an Equation of a Line

3
Write an equation of the line whose slope m is and whose y-intercept b
4
is −4.
Writing an Equation
3
of a Line from a Graph

0
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5
Try This: write an equation of the line shown in the graph
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0
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

-1

-2

-3

-4