The slope-intercept form of a line is y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. If Shawn knows that the slope of the line is 4 and the line passes through the point (1,-8), which equation should he use to find the y-intercept and what is the y-intercept of the line? Choices are as follows: b = y + mx b = y - mx b = b = -12 b = -4 b = 2

b=y-mx

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that y=mx+b is the slope intercept form of a line and we know that the slope of the line is 4. So:y = 4x+bHowever, we need to find the y intercept of the line which is b. Using the point (1,-8), we can find the y intercept. We need to find the equation to find the y-intercept. So:y = mx+b b=y-mxAnd now, we can substitute 4 for m which is the slopeb=y-4xUsing the point (1,-8) we can find the y-intercept b=(-8)-4(1)b=-8-4b=-12

the equation of the line is y = 4x - 12 with the slope being 4 and y-intercept is -12. The equation we used is b = y-mx