SOLUTION: y=2x+1 find the slope and y-intercept y=-3x-2 find the slope and y-intercept y=-3/4x+1 find the slope and y-intercept

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Question 86551: y=2x+1 find the slope and y-intercept
y=-3x-2 find the slope and y-intercept
y=-3/4x+1 find the slope and y-intercept
Found 2 solutions by tutorcecilia, bucky:
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) (Show Source):
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Slopes and y-intercepts:
Compare each equation with (y=mx+b)
y=any y-value
m=the slope of the line
x=any corresponding x-value
b=the y-intercept
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y=2x+1 find the slope and y-intercept
y=mx+b
Slope=m=2
y-intercept=b=1
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y=-3x-2 find the slope and y-intercept
y=mx+b
Slope=m=-3
y=intercept = b=-2
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y=-3/4x+1 find the slope and y-intercept
y=mx+b
Slope=m=-3/4
y=intercpet=b=1

Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source):
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The equations that you are given are all in the slope-intercept form of:
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y = mx + b
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in which m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Therefore, you can identify the slope and
the y-intercept by inspection. The slope is the number that multiplies the x in the
equation and the number that follows the x term is the y-intercept.
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Using these two rules, you can tell that in the equation:
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y = 2x + 1
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the slope (multiplier of x) is +2 and the y-intercept is +1 (the number that follows the
term that contains the x).
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Similarly, in the second equation:
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y = -3x - 2
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the slope is -3 and the y-intercept is -2
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And in the final equation:
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y = -(3/4)x + 1
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the slope is -3/4 and the y-intercept is + 1
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem