What.is the y intercept of a line given by the equation y=5×-21?

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asked Feb 20, 2020 176k views

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Steven Miller · Answer 1 · 2020-02-25T11:27:00+0000

Answer:

-21

Explanation:

If the equation of the line is

y=mx+b,

then
is the slope of the line and
is the y-intercept of the line.

In your case, the equation of the line is
y=5x-21.

So, the slope of this line is
m=5 and the y-intercept is
b=-21.