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Question 330785: Can you please help me solve,

Find the slope and the y-intercept f(x) = -10x -9
The y-intercept is _____?
The slope is _____?

Thanks a bunch :o)

Answer by texttutoring(324) About Me  (Show Source):
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Recall the equation of a line, y=mx+b

The slope is m, and the y-intercept is b.

In your question, m=-10, and b=-9.

This means the slope is -10, which means the line goes down 10, right 1, down 10, right 1... and so on.

and the y-intercept is -9, which means the line crosses the y-axis at y=-9.