Question

What is the slope and x and y intercepts of `y=2x-5`?

Answer 1

The slope is `2`.
The y-intercept is `-5`.
The X-intercept is `5/2`

Explanation:

`y=2x-5` is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation `y=mx+b`, where `m` is the slope and `b` is the y-intercept. You find the x-intercept by setting the value of `y` to zero.

X-intercept

`0=2x-5`

Add `5` to both sides.

`5=2x`

Divide both sides by `2`.

`5/2=x`

Switch sides.

`x=5/2`

graph{y=2x-5 [-16.02, 16.01, -8.01, 8.01]}