Slope and Y-intercept

by Amanda
(Pa)

How do you find the slope and y-intercept for the graph of the line with the equation y=8/3x-7?

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Feb 06, 2010
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by: Karin

Hi Amanda,

Your equation, y = 8/3 x - 7 is written in slope intercept form. Therefore, you can easily identify the slope and y-intercept.

The slope is the coefficient of x. In this equation, the slope is 8/3. The y-intercept is your constant. In this equation, the y-intercept is -7.

Check out the detailed examples
on Algebra-class.com.

Hope this helps!

Karin

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