Question

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line y = 5 – 1/2x?

Answer 1

Slope = -1/2
Intercept = 5

Explanation:

The general equation for a straight line is:

`y=mx+c`

`m` is the slope

`c` is the intercept.

So for our example we can see that `m=-1/2` and `c=5`.