Question

How do you find the slope and intercept of `y = x - 5`?

Answer 1

The slope is `1` and the `y`-intercept is `-5`.

Explanation:

Slope: since no coefficient for `x` is present, it is `1`. Since it is `1`, it does not have to be written in the equation.

`y`-intercept: the `y`-intercept is `b` as in the slope-intercept form

`y = mx + b`

(`m` is the slope)