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Find the slope and y-intercept of the following graph.

Find the slope and y-intercept of the following graph.-example-1
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Answer: y = -5*x + b

Explanation:

A line is written as:

y = a*x + b

where a is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

IIf we have a line that passes through the points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) then the slope of the line is:

a = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)

In this case we can see that the line passes through the points:

(0, 2) and (1, - 3)

Then the slope is:

a = (-3 - 2)/(1 - 0) = -5

Then our line is:

y = -5*x + b

And when x = 0, y = 2 then:

y = 2 = -5*0 + b

2 = b

Our line is:

y = -5*x + b

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