How do you find the slope and intercept of # y = -2x + 5#?
1 Answer
Mar 14, 2017
Slope:
y-intercept:
Explanation:
When the equation of the line is in this form
then
and
In this case the slope (gradient) is
and the intercept is
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The above is a direct cut-and-paste of the comment by @pslman
with some minor formatting, done to clear this as a question that still needed an answer.