SOLUTION: Find the slope and y-intercept of the line y=-5x-1

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Question 1144663: Find the slope and y-intercept of the line
y=-5x-1
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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When the equation of the line is given in such a form (y is explicitly expressed via x),  the slope is the coefficient at x.


So, the slope is -5 in your problem.


To find y-intercept, simply put x= 0 in the equation of the line.


You will get  then for y-intercept the value of -1.


This problem is not "to think".

It is to test if you know the definitions.