Question

What is the slope and `y` intercept of `y=-6x-5`?

Answer 1

Slope = -6, y-intercept = (0,5)

Explanation:

The current equation is in what's called the gradient-intercept form: `y=mx+b`. We know this because

• the degree of the polynomial is 1 (there is no `_^2` or any number above the `x`)
• the `y` is alone on one side

Now to explain what `m` and `b` are from the equation:
- `m` is the slope of the equation. As you can see from looking at the two equations, `m` is `-6`
- `b` is the y-intercept of the line. As you can see from looking at the two equations, `b` is`-5`. However we refer to it as (0,5) because those are the correct coordinates of where it hits the y-axis

Answer 2

slope `m=-6`
Y-intercept is `-5`

Explanation:

Given -

`y=-6x-5`
It is in the slope - intercept form `y=mx+c`

Where -
coefficient of `x` is the slope.
Constant term is Y-intercept.

In the given Problem -
slope `m=-6`
Y-intercept is `-5`