Question

Please help me out.

What is the slope of the line?
y = -5x - 9

Answer 1

Your equation is in the form y=mx+b
where m is the slope and b is the y intercept.

Answer 2

What?

Answer 3

It's a sign that looks like a y or a v

Answer 4

We want the slope correct?

Answer 5

Yeah.

Answer 6

Your equation that you are given is in slope intercept form (y=mx+b). The slope is the number that replaces m.

Answer 7

Oh.

Answer 8

Do you get it? Do you know what the slope is?

Answer 9

/I think so.

Answer 10

What do you think the slope is?

Answer 11

-5?

Answer 12

Right! Good job!

Answer 13

Thank you!