SOLUTION: Please help find the slope and the y-intercept. y = –5x + 9

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: Please help find the slope and the y-intercept.
y = –5x + 9
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by tutorcecilia(2152)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y = mx + b [Slope-intercept format]
y = any y value of the line
m = the slope of the line
x = any corresponding x value of the line
b = the y-intercpet (where the line crosses the y-axis
.
y = mx + b
y = –5x + 9
-5 = the slope (m)
9 = the y-intecept (b)

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