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What is the slope and y-intercept of the line y=2x-1?

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Jul 12, 2015

The slope, $m$ , is $2$ , and the y-intercept is $-1$ .

Explanation:

The equation $y=2x-1$ is in the slope-intercept form of a linear equation, which is $y=mx+b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

For the equation $y=2x-1$ , the slope is $2$ and the y-intercept is $-1$ .

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