How do you find the slope and y intercept of y = 5/4x + 17/2?

2 Answers
Apr 12, 2018

Slope: 5/4
y-intercept: 17/2

Explanation:

The equation is written in the form y=mx+c where m is the slope, and c is the y-intercept.

m=5/4

c=17/2

Apr 12, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

This equation is in slope-intercept form. The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is: y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)

Where color(red)(m) is the slope and color(blue)(b) is the y-intercept value.

y = color(red)(5/4)x + color(blue)(17/2)

Therefore:

  • The slope of the line is: color(red)(m = 5/4)

  • The y-intercept is: color(blue)(b = 17/2) or (0, color(blue)(17/2))