How do you find the slope given (10,8) and y-intercept which is 5?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-10T16:51:23

Slope is #3/10#

Let the equation in slope-intercept form be #y=mx+c#

and as #y#-intercept is #5#,

the equation is #y=mx+5#

As it passes through #(10,8)#

#8=10m+5#

and #10m=8-5=3#

and Slope #m# is given by #m=3/10#