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What is the slope and y-intercept of the line y=-5x+2?

Answer 1

Kennedy Adams

Slope=#-5# and #y#-intercept is 2.

When a linear function is provided in slope-intercept form, multiple data points can be read simultaneously:

#y=mx+c#

From this form it is possible to read off the gradient a #y#-intercept immediately because:

#m#= slope

#c#= #y#-intercept

Thus, we can conclude that

#m#=slope= #-5#

#c#=y-intercept= #2#

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Answer 2

Avery Alexander

The slope of the line y = -5x + 2 is -5, and the y-intercept is 2.

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