Question #688ae

1 Answer
Feb 1, 2017

The slope is 5 and the y intercept is -1.

Explanation:

The form of a line equation expressed as y = mx + b is called the slope-intercept form. In this form,

m is the slope, where b is the y-axis intercept.

The equation here is y = 5x -1. Therefore,

the slope is 5 and the y intercept is -1. To see how this works, and why this b is always the y intercept, simply try setting x = 0 and you get y = b. When x = 0, the point is on the y axis.