SOLUTION: find the slope and the y intercept f(x) =-9x-2 the slope is ??

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Question 408401: find the slope and the y intercept f(x) =-9x-2
the slope is ??
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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f(x) = -9x - 2    |slope m = -9  and  y-intercept is -2   

Line crossing the y axis at Pt(0,-2)

m = -9/1: as y increases/decreases by 9, 

             x increases/decreases by 1 in the opposite direction