Exercise 44 Page 313

Let's start by recalling the slope-intercept form of a line. y= mx+ bHere, m represents the slope of the line and b the y-intercept. We will rewrite the given equation in slope-intercept form. To do so, we will use inverse operations and Properties of Equality.

Let's now identify the slope and y-intercept. y=- 3x-2n ⇔ y= - 3x+( - 2n) We see above that the slope is - 3 and the y-intercept is - 2n.