How do you find the slope and intercept of $y= -8x - 7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-25T16:19:25

The slope is -8 and the y-intercept is $(0,-7)$

The standard slope form equation is $y=mx+b$ where:

m = slope
b= y-intercept.

So -8 is the slope and -7 is the y-intercept. But y-intercept is a point on he graph which is $(0,-7)$

How do you find the slope and intercept of y= -8x - 7y= -8x - 7?