How do you find the slope and intercept of $f(x)=-5x-4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-17T09:22:51

$m=-5 and c=-4$

$f(x) = -5x-4$ is the same as $y=-5x-4$ which is the equation of a straight line in slope-intercept form $(y = mx+c)$

$y=-5x-4$

The values can be read off directly from the equation.

The slope: $m = -5$

$c= -4$

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