Find the slope of the line y=-5x-1.
7 Answers
baxthum8 | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Associate Educator
Find the slope of the line `y= -5x-1` .
The equation is written in slope-intercept form: `y =mx+b` , where `m` represents the slope and `b` represents the y-intercept.
Therefore, -5 is the slope and -1 is the y-intercept.
The solution for the slope of the line is -5.
flbyrne | (Level 3) Assistant Educator
This equation is in the slope-intercept form
y=mx+b
where m is the slope and b is the y intercept.
In the linear equation y=-5x-1, the slope is -5 and the y intercept is -1.
Here is the graph:
chadbutler | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Adjunct Educator
The equation y = -5x-1 is already in slope-intercept form.
Slope-Intercept Form: y = mx + b
m = the slope of the line
b = the y-intercept (where the line crosses the y-axis)
So, the slope of the line is -5 and it crosses the y-axis at -1.
rachellopez | Student, Grade 12 | (Level 1) Valedictorian
The equation of a line is y=mx+b. M, or the coefficient in front of your x, is equal to the slope. In your equation, y=-5x-1, the number -5 would represent your slope.
if you didn't have an equation, just a graph, and needed to find slope you would use the formula rise/run. Pick a point and count how far you go up the y-axis and how far you move horizontally on the x-axis.
nisarg | Student, Grade 11 | (Level 1) Valedictorian
slope is -5
y=mx+b
m is slope
b is the y intercept
acompanioninthetardis | Student, Undergraduate | (Level 1) Valedictorian
the slope would be -5 because the its in y=mx+b form where m is the slope, and b is the y-intercept.
atyourservice | Student, Grade 11 | (Level 3) Valedictorian
y=-5x-1. the slope-intercept form is y= mx+b m represents the slope and b represents the y intercept the problem is already in that form, so just look for m and m is -5
the slope is -5 rise over run form would be `(-5)/1`