SOLUTION: find the slope and the y-intercept of the line: y=4/7x - and explain how

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Question 260053: find the slope and the y-intercept of the line:
y=4/7x - and explain how
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If this is the entire equation, then the slope is 4/7 and the y intercept when x=0 is also 0
You have the equation in what is known as the slope intercept form.
y=mx+b
where m is the slope and b is the y intercept there is no b in your equation so it equals zero
and m=4/7.
I assume you really mean 4x%2F7 and not the 4%2F7x that you wrote.
You have to be very careful with the notation on the screen.