Question

What is the degree of
f (x) = -5x
it is a linear function?
What is the m and b?​

Answer 1

The degree is 1

It is a linear function

m = -5 and b = 0

Explanation:

Here, we want to get the degree of the equation

As we can see, it is a linear function with the highest power of as 1

That means it is of degree 1

Comparing with the general form;

y = mx + b

m = -5

b = 0