SOLUTION: Could someone show me how to find the slope and the y-intercept?? {{{f(x)=-7x-9}}}

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Question 132862: Could someone show me how to find the slope and the y-intercept??
f%28x%29=-7x-9
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Are you familiar with y = mx + b (slope/intercept form of a line)? If so, you are one step from the answer. The only 'step' you have to take is to realize f(x) is nothing more than another way to say 'y'.
so:
slope = -7
intercept = -9 (0,-9)