Question

What is the slope of the line?

y= -5x - 9

slope = ______
fill in the blank

Answer 1

the line has a gradient of -5 and an intercept of -9.
so on a graph it would go 5 down and 9 across (towards the left of the graph)

Answer 2

y=-5x-9
Use y=mx+b
The slope is -5 .
Hope it helps.