Question

what is the slope of the line with equation y=-5x

Answer 1

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

In this case, our y-intercept is 0, so we're left with y = -5x.

-5 is in the place of m, which means -5 is our slope.


The slope of y = -5x is -5.