The coordinate grid is composed of a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis. The center of the grid, where the x-axis and y-axis meet, is called the origin.

A line on the coordinate grid can be defined by a slope-intercept equation: y = mx + b. For a given value of x, the value of y can be determined given the slope (m) and y-intercept (b) of the line. The slope of a line is change in y over change in x, \({\Delta y \over \Delta x}\), and the y-intercept is the y-coordinate where the line crosses the vertical y-axis.

The slope-intercept equation for a line is y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept of the line. From the graph, you can see that the y-intercept (the y-value from the point where the line crosses the y-axis) is 2. The slope of this line is the change in y divided by the change in x. The endpoints of this line segment are at (-2, -3) and (2, 7) so the slope becomes:

Plugging these values into the slope-intercept equation:

y = 2\(\frac{1}{2}\)x + 2

The area of a triangle is equal to ½ base x height:

a = ½bh
a = ½ x 1 x 6 = \( \frac{6}{2} \) = 3

The surface area of a cylinder is 2πr² + 2πrh:

sa = 2πr² + 2πrh
sa = 2π(7²) + 2π(7 x 3)
sa = 2π(49) + 2π(21)
sa = (2 x 49)π + (2 x 21)π
sa = 98π + 42π
sa = 140π