How do you determine the slope and y-intercept of the equation (3/5)x-7=y?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-30T12:50:30

See a solution process below:

We can rewrite the equation in the problem as:

$y = 3/5x - 7$

This equation is in slope intercept form. The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is: $y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)$

Where $color(red)(m)$ is the slope and $color(blue)(b)$ is the y-intercept value.

Therefore, for:

$y = color(red)(3/5)x - color(blue)(7)$

The slope is: $color(red)(3/5)$

The $y$ -intercept is: $color(blue)(-7)$ or $(0, color(blue)(-7))$