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How do you find the slope and intercept of #y= -5x-4#?

Answer 1

Eva Abramson

#"slope "=-5," y-intercept "=-4#

#"the equation of a line in "color(blue)"slope-intercept form"# is.

#•color(white)(x)y=mx+b#

#"where m is the slope and b the y-intercept"#

#y=-5x-4" is in this form"#

#"with slope "=-5" and y-intercept "=-4#

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Answer 2

Eva Adamson

Slope = -5/1
Y-intercept = -4

The y-intercept is -4 because it is not in front of an x in the problem. It stands alone at the end and tells you to start at (0,-4).

The slope of the equation is in from of the x in the equation, therefore the slope is -5/1.

Another way to think of this is left 1 then up 5.

As you can see on the graph I added, the line crosses the Y axis at -4, then the line follows negatively by moving to the left 1 (because its negative) then up 5.

graph{y= -5x -4 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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Answer 3

Eva Abramson

The slope of the equation y = -5x - 4 is -5, and the y-intercept is -4.

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