Question

How do you find the slope given y=1.8x -5?

Answer 1

Slope: `1.8`

Explanation:

Any linear equation in the form
`color(white)("XXX")y=mx+b`
is said to be in "slope-intercept form"
with slope `m`
and y-intercept `b`

`y=1.8x+(-5)` is in this form
and therefore has a slope of `m=1.8`