Question

How do you find the slope and y intercept of `y=4-5x`?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation is given below.

Explanation:

The slope intercept form of a straight line is `y=mx+b` where `m` is the slope and `b` is the `y-`intercept.

The equation given for us is

`color(Green)(y=4-5x`

Let us rewrite it in `color(Maroon)(y=mx+b` form

`color(Green)(y=-5x+4`
`color(Maroon)(y=mx+b`

Now let us compare and find the value of `m` and `b`

`color(Maroon)m=color(Green)(-5`
`color(Maroon)b=color(Green)(4`

The slope is `-5`
The `y-`intercept is `4`