Answer:
The slope is 3
y-intercept is -16
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's start by using the slope formula, [tex]m=\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}[/tex]
plug in the points for the relating x and y and solve,
[tex]m\frac{5-2}{7-6}[/tex] this simplifies to [tex]\frac{3}{1}[/tex] or "3"
we have our slope: 3/1 or "3"
the equation needed to find the y-intercept is y=mx+b
We will need to solve for "b" to figure out the y-intercept.
let's plug in any pair of x and y, i'll just choose (6,2)
2=3(6)+b, 2=18+b, 2-18=18-18+b, -16=b
Y-intercept is -16
