How do you find the slope and intercept of $y = - 6 x - 7$ $y=-6x- 7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-28T05:05:27

Slope $= - 6$ $=-6$
Y-intercept $= - 7$ $= -7$
X intercept $- \frac{7}{6}$ $-7/6$

The given equation is in the slope intercept form.

In such an equation the constant term is the y-intercept

The co-efficient of $x$ $x$ is slope.

Given -

$y = - 6 x - 7$ $y=-6x-7$

Slope $= - 6$ $=-6$
Y-intercept $= - 7$ $= -7$

x- intercept

Put $y = 0$ $y=0$

Then

$- 6 x - 7 = 0$ $-6x-7=0$

$- 6 x = 7$ $-6x=7$

$x = - \frac{7}{6}$ $x=-7/6$

How do you find the slope and intercept of y=−6x−7 y=-6x- 7?