SOLUTION: find the slope and the y-intercept f(x)=-9x-10

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Question 280624: find the slope and the y-intercept
f(x)=-9x-10
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, oberobic:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
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y=-9x-10
y=mx+b
where b= y intercept
and m=slope

Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First recall the slope-intercept form is: y = mx + b
f(x) is simply another way of saying 'y'.
y = -9x -10
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The slope = m= -9.
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The y-intercept is where x=0, which means y = -10.
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Graphing is a good way to check, but you need to points to draw a line.
At this point, you have only one point: (0, -10).
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Another good one to find is the x-intercept, which occurs when y=0.
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0 = -9x -10
9x = -10
x = -10/9
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So the point is (-10/9, 0)
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