Question

What is the equation of the line that has a slope of `3/5` and a `y`-intercept of -3?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

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 statement gives:

`y = color(red)(3/5)x + color(blue)(-3)`

`y = color(red)(3/5)x - color(blue)(3)`