SOLUTION: find slope and y-intercept y = 5x- 4

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Question 70231: find slope and y-intercept
y = 5x- 4
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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using the general form of the slope-intercept equation
               
   y=mx+b

Where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. So in this case m=5 and b=-4, or in other words the slope is 5 and the y-intercept is (0,-4) (since x=0 for all y-intercepts).