SOLUTION: find the slope and the y intercept. Y=4.8x-8. The slope is?

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Question 408403: find the slope and the y intercept. Y=4.8x-8. The slope is?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y = 4.8x - 8    |slope m = 4.8 OR 48/10 = 24/5  and  y-intercept is -8  

Line crossing the y axis at Pt(0,-8, slanting to right as slope >0

m = 24/5: as y increases/decreases by 24, 

             x increases/decreases by 5