SOLUTION: Find the slope and y intercept of the line represented by each questions What is y = -3x - 6

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Question 53570This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: Find the slope and y intercept of the line represented by each questions
What is y = -3x - 6 This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Because the equation is already in the form of y=mx%2Bb where m is the slope, that means our slope is -3. To find the y-intercept, we substitute 0 in the equation for x and get y=-6. The graph is:
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