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To answer the question, first figure out the equaton of the line. To do that first find the slope.  The formula for the slope of a line is

 

m=y2y1x2x1 where m = slope, y2 = y-coordinate in the second point, y1 = y-coordinate in the first point, x2 = x-coordinate in the second point, and x1 = x-coordintate in the first point.

 

m=y2y1x2x1

 

m = ?

 

y2 = 10

 

y1 = -2

 

x2 = 5

 

x1 = 1

 

m=10(2)51

 

m=10+251

 

m=1251

 

m=124

 

m=31

 

m=3

 

Now that we know that the slope of the line is 3, put that in the equation for a line.  The equation for a line is

 

y=mx+b where y = y-coordinate, m = slope, x = x-coordinate, and b = y intercept (where line crosses the y axis).  Take one of the points and susitute x and y in the equation so we can solve for b.

 

y=mx+b

 

y = 10

 

m = 3

 

x = 5

 

b = ?

 

10=3×5+b

 

10=15+b

 

1015=15+b15

 

5=15+b15

 

5=b0

 

5=b

 

b=5

 

Now fill in what you know leaving y and x as y and x.

 

y=3x5

 

To figure out at which point the line crosses the y-axis, subsitute x for 0 and solve for x.

 

y=3x5

 

y=3×05

 

y=05

 

y=5

 

The point that the line crosses the y-axis is at point (0,5) which means that the answer is neither a, b, c, or d.

Aug 24, 2017