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Which of the following has a slope of -3 and a y-intercept of -5?

a. y = -3x + 5

b. y = -3x - 5

c. y = 3x + 5

d. y = 3x - 5

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The answer is B! I hope this helped
User Andrew Culver
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The answer is b). y = -3 - 5

Remember, the equation for a line is y = mx + b. mx is the slope which for in this case, is -3. The b in the equation represents the y-intercept which is -5 in this case.

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