SOLUTION: f(x)=-4x-5 Find the Slope and the y-intercept

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Question 140012: f(x)=-4x-5
Find the Slope
and the y-intercept
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Notice how y=-4x-5 is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

So this shows us that the slope is m=-4 and the y-intercept is b=-5 which is the point (0,-5).