Question

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

Answer 1

Slope = -1
y-intercept = -5

Explanation:

`x+y=-5`

If you rearrange it to standard form `y=mx+b` (m being the slope and b being the y-intercept)

`y=-x-5`

`m=-1`
`b=-5`

Answer 2

See solution process below:

Explanation:

First, the equation needs to be rewritten into Slope-Intercept Form, which is `y = mx + b`, where "m" is the slope, and "b" is the y-intercept, by solving for y.

`x + y = -5`
`y = -5 - x`
`y = -x + 5`

To find the slope and y-intercept of any equation in Slope-Intercept Form, your "m" value will represent slope, and your "b" value will represent the y-intercept.

In this equation: `y = -x + 5`, there is no written number for the m value, but x is still technically being multiplied by 1, so "m", or slope, can be represented with "-1".

Since there is a value for "b", or y-intercept, it can be represented with 5.