Question

What is the slope of a line with a y intercept of 5 and an x intercept of -4

Answer 1

slope =
`(5)/(4)`

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (0, 5 ) ← coordinates of y- intercept

and (x₂, y₂ ) = (- 4, 0 ) ← coordinates of x- intercept

m =
`(0-5)/(-4-0)` =
`(-5)/(-4)` =
`(5)/(4)`