Answer
$5=b$
Work Step by Step
The general slope-intercept form of a line is:
$y=mx+b$, where $m$ is the slope, and $(x,y)$ can be the coordinates of any point on the line.
Hence here: $-1=-2\cdot3+b\\-1=-6+b\\5=b$
Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13:
978-0-13417-894-3
Chapter 2 - Section 2.4 - Linear Functions and Slope - Exercise Set - Page 152: 73
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