What is the slope and intercept of $y = 5x - 7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-07T22:45:41

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This equation is in the slope-intercept form. The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is: $y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)$

Where $color(red)(m)$ is the slope and $color(blue)(b)$ is the y-intercept value.

Therefore, for equation $y = color(red)(5)x - color(blue)(7)$

The slope is $color(red)(m = 5)$

The y-intercept is $color(blue)(b = -7)$ or $(color(blue)(0, 7))$

What is the slope and intercept of y = 5x - 7y = 5x - 7?