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What is the slope and the y intercept of the line y=6x-9?

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Hello there! :)

This equation is written in slope-intercept form. which means we can easily idenify the slope and the y-intercept.

First of all, slope-intercept form looks like this:

y=mx+b

The letter m represents the slope, while the letter b represents the y-intercept.

Now, let's look at the values that we have.

We are given the equation of the line:

y=6x-9

We know that m is the slope; therefore, in this equation, 6 is the slope.

-9 is the y-intercept (the letter b)

Therefore, 6 is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

I hope it helps you. Let me know if you have any queries.

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User BreyndotEchse
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The slope is: 6 .
The y-intercept is: -9 ; (or, more precisely: "(-9, 0)" .
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Note: The line in written in "point-slope form"; also known as:
"slope-intercept format" ; that is: " y = mx + b" ; in which:
m = slope = coefficient of "x" ;
b = "y-intercept" (or, more precisely; the value
of "x" in the "x-coordinate" of the point of the
"y -intercept).
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So: Given: y = 6x - 9 ; m = slope = 6 ;
b = -9 .
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User Umar Ata
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