Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm imagining you are trying to find the equation of a line. Keep in mind that the equation of a line is in the form of y = mx + b.
y = mx + b
The slope is one. That means we already have one part of our equation set. Keep in mind...
m = slope
so
y = 1x + b
We want to find b in our equation. We will now plug in our variables. What I mean is that we will replace y with -4 and x with -2. Then we will simply the equation until we find out b, the y-intercept. (The y-intercept is the point where the line intersects the y-axis.)
-4 = 1 (-2) + b
-4 = -2 + b
b = -2
Since we know the slope and the y-intercept, we can make the equation of the line.
y = mx + b
m = slope
b = y-intercept
Let's plug in the information which we have found.
y = 1x - 2
The equation of the line is
y = x - 2
