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

1 Answer
Feb 3, 2016

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