What is the slope and y-intercept of the line y = 5x – 2?

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What is the slope and y-intercept of the line y = 5x – 2?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-12T20:54:51

$m = 5$ $m=5$ is the slope;
$c = - 2$ $c=-2$ is the y-intercept.

Explanation:

Your equation $y = 5 x - 2$ $y=5x-2$ is in the slope-intercept form:
$y = m x + c$ $color(red)(y=mx+c)$
where:
$m = 5$ $m=5$ is the slope;
$c = - 2$ $c=-2$ is the y-intercept.

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