What is the slope and #y# intercept for the line #7x-y=2#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-03T12:36:05

Slope: #7#
Intercept: #-2#

The easiest way to tell the slope and intercept of a line is to write it in the form

#y=mx+q#

Since, in this case, #m# and #q# are, respectively, the slope and intercept of the line. Let's do the algebra:

Bring the #y# to the right hand side, and the #2# to the left hand side to obtain

#7x-2=y#

which of course is equivalent to

#y = 7x-2#