How do you find the slope and intercept of #y = -2x + 3#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-20T15:45:14

The slope is #m = -2# or #m=-2/1#

The y-intercept is #b=+3#

This equation is in the slope-intercept form.

#y = mx + b#

Where
#m = slope#
and
#b= y# intercept

Therefore for the equation

#y = -2x + 3#

The slope is #m = -2# or #m=-2/1#

The y-intercept is #b=+3#

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