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How to find the y intercept and slope? Please help me

How to find the y intercept and slope? Please help me-example-1
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Answer: y intercept is -1/2, slope is 1/2.
Explanation: To find the slope, we can take the rise over the run. We have two points given, (-5,-3) and (5,2). Our y value changes by 5 over a length of 10, meaning our slope is 5/10, which can be simplified to 1/2. By following the graph we can find where the y value is when x hits zero, and from tracing along we can see the y intercept is -1/2.
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