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Example Question #12 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Identify the y-intercept:
In order to find the y-intercept, we will need to let and solve for .
Subtract from both sides. Do NOT divide by on both sides.
The answer is:
Example Question #13 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
What is the x-intercept of the following equation?
In order to find the x-intercept, we will need to let , and solve for .
Add on both sides.
Divide by five on both sides.
The answer is:
Example Question #14 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
A line on the coordinate plane has as its equation .
Which of the following is its slope?
Rewrite the equation in the slope-intercept form , with the slope, as follows:
Subtract from both sides:
Multiply both sides by , distributing on the right:
In the slope-intercept form, the coefficient of is the slope . This is .
Example Question #15 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
What is the slope of the following function?
To determine the slope, we will need the equation in slope-intercept form.
Divide by six on both sides.
Simplify the right side.
The answer is:
Example Question #15 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the slope of the following equation:
If we look at the following equation
we can see it is written in slope-intercept form. Slope-intercept form is
where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
So, given the equation,
we can see -9 is the slope.
Example Question #11 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the slope of the following equation:
The given equation is already in slope-intercept form.
The represents the coefficient of the slope.
The answer is:
Example Question #21 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
What is the slope of the line?
To determine the slope, rewrite this equation in slope-intercept form.
, where is the slope.
Add three on both sides.
Divide by 5 on both sides.
Simplify both sides.
The answer is:
Example Question #21 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Determine the slope of the following equation:
To determine the slope, first put the given equation in slope-intercept form.
Subtract from both sides.
Divide both sides by negative nine.
The slope is , or .
Example Question #23 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the slope given the following equation:
The given equation is not in slope-intercept form, .
Multiply both sides by negative half to isolate .
The answer is:
Example Question #24 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
What is the y-intercept of the following line:
To find the y-intercept, we will write the equation in slope-intercept form
where b is the y-intercept.
So, given the equation of the line
we will solve for y. We get
Therefore, the y-intercept of the equation is 3.
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