find the slope and y-intercept y = 3x - 5?

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find the slope and y-intercept y = 3x - 5?

your help is appreciated. thank you

2007-07-19 08:58:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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The general eq. of a line is,
Y = mx + c
Y = 3x - 5
m = slope = 3
c = y-intercept = -5

2007-07-19 09:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

When in this form (y=mx+b) the slope is the number in front of x: and so your slope is 3. The y intercept is b in the above equation. In your case, it's -5. Putting equations into slope-intercept form like this allows you to easily pick out the slope and y-intercept.

2007-07-19 16:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by Mikey C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

y = 3x - 5
slope, m = 3
y intercept is y = - 5

2007-07-19 17:55:25 · answer #3 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋