Question

How do you find the slope and y intercept for `y=1/5x-8`?

Answer 1

If `y=mx+c` is an equation of line then `m` and `c` are said to be its slope and y-intercept respectively.

Here,

`y=1/5x-8`
`implies y=1/5x+(-8)` compare `y=mx+c`

`implies m=1/5 and c=-8`

Hence, slope `=1/5` and y-intercept`=-8`