SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line with x intercept -3 and y intercept 5?

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Question 911307: What is the slope of the line with x intercept -3 and y intercept 5?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=mx%2Bb - slope-intercept form where m is a slope and b y-intercept
given:
x-intercept is at (-3,+0+)
and y-intercept is at (+0+,+5);so, b=5 if x=0

y=5
if x=-3 =>y=0; so, we have
0=m%28-3%29%2B5
0=-3m%2B5
3m=5
m=5%2F3 ...the slope
your line is y=+%285%2F3%29x%2B5+
+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+%285%2F3%29x%2B5%29+