SOLUTION: find the slope and the y-intercept for y=-6x

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Question 204586This question is from textbook beginning and intermediare algebra
: find the slope and the y-intercept for y=-6x This question is from textbook beginning and intermediare algebra

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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -6+x+%2B+-1+y+=+ describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--6%2F-1.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. /-6 = 0.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is /-1 = 0.
  • Slope is --6/-1 = -6.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=-6*x+0.
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