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Find the slope and Y-intercept

Find the slope and Y-intercept-example-1

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The formula y=mx+b which this equation is in shows the slope as m and y-intercept as b. In this situation where m is the fraction 7 over 5 and b is -3. So the slope is 7/5 and the y-intercept is -3

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\bf y=\stackrel{\stackrel{m}{\downarrow }}{\cfrac{7}{5}}x\stackrel{\stackrel{b}{\downarrow }}{-3}\impliedby \begin{array}ll \cline{1-1} slope-intercept~form\\ \cline{1-1} \\ y=\underset{y-intercept}{\stackrel{slope\qquad }{\stackrel{\downarrow }{m}x+\underset{\uparrow }{b}}} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}\qquad \qquad \cfrac{7}{5};-3

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