How do you find the slope and intercept of #y=-3/5x-2 #?
1 Answer
Mar 3, 2018
Slope = -3/5, and y-intercept = -2
Explanation:
It is a linear function in the standard form.
y=mx+c
so the coefficient of x is the slope, that is -3/5
and constant is the y intercept, that is -2
Another example:
2y=6x+4
This is not in the standard form because coefficient of y is not 1
So dividing the whole equation by 2, we get
y=3x+2
Now it is in the standard form, so coefficient of x is the slope(that is 3) and constant is the y-intercept(That is 2)