Question

How do you find the slope and y intercept for `y= -8/9x -10/3`?

Answer 1

The slope of this equation is `(-8/9)`
The y-intercept is `( 0 , (-10)/3)`

Explanation:

The equation of a straight line can be represented in what we call the slope, intercept form, `y = mx + b`. When the equation is written in this form, the value of `m` is the slope of the equation. The y-intercept is the value of `b`. By comparing your equation to the equation `y = mx + b` we see that the value of `m` (the slope) is `-8/9`. The value of `b`, (the y-intercept) is `-10/9`, which is represented by the ordered pair `( 0 , (-10)/3)`.