How do you graph y=-3^2-4x ?

1 Answer
May 28, 2017

y is a straight line with slope -4 and y-intercept of -9

Explanation:

NB: The question is ambigious as it is not clear whether y=-(3^2)-4x or y=(-3)^2-4x.
I will assume the first case as the second would not require the negative sign.

Thus y =-9-4x

The equation of a straight line in slope (m) and intercept (c) form is y=mx+c

Hence, in this example, y is a straight line with slope -4 and y-intercept of -9

As can be seen on the graph of y below.

graph{y=-3^2-4x [-28.86, 28.88, -14.4, 14.48]}