You can put this solution on YOUR website! In the slope-intercept formula: y=mx+b
y=any y-value
m=the slope
x=any corresponding x-value
b=the y-intercept
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So, m=-3/5
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The equation you were given is in the slope intercept form. This means it is in the form:
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y = m*x + b
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where m, the multiplier of x, is the slope and b is the value on the y-axis where the graph
intersects the y-axis.
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By comparing the given equation with the slope intercept form you can tell that the slope
m, which is the multiplier of the x, is -3/5 and the y-intercept b is -1.
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Since the slope is defined as the rise over the run this means that for every 5 units you
move horizontally to the right in the x direction the graph goes down 3 units (-3) in the
y direction.
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The graph of y = -(3/5)x -1 looks like this:
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better.
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