How do you find the slope and y intercept for $y=1/5x-8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-30T12:53:56

If $y=mx+c$ is an equation of line then $m$ and $c$ are said to be its slope and y-intercept respectively.

Here,

$y=1/5x-8$
$implies y=1/5x+(-8)$ compare $y=mx+c$

$implies m=1/5 and c=-8$

Hence, slope $=1/5$ and y-intercept $=-8$

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