Question

How do you find the slope and intercept of `5x - y = 6`?

Answer 1

To find slope and y-intercept write the given equation into `y=mx+b` form, where `m` is the slope and `b` is y-intercept. Compare and get the solution.

Explanation:

The slope intercept form of a straight line is `y = mx + b` where `m` is the slope and `b` is the y-intercept.

To find slope and intercept of `5x-y=6` we need to convert the given equation into the slope intercept form.

Start by isolating `y`.

`5x - y = 6` subtract `5x` from both the sides
`-y = -5x + 6`.
`y= 5x - 6` got by multiplying both sides by `-1`

`y=5x-6`
`y=mx+b`

We can see `m = 5` and `b = -6`