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Slope and y-intercept worksheets Grade 8

Read the slope and y-intercept from an equation in y = mx + b form.

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How to do it

In y = mx + b, m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

y=−8x+6→m=−8,b=6y = -8x + 6\quad \to \quad m = -8,\quad b = 6y = mx + b

Example problems

  1. y=−7x+6y = -7x + 6
  2. y=−6x−5y = -6x - 5
  3. y=23x+1y = \dfrac{2}{3}x + 1
  4. y=32x+10y = \dfrac{3}{2}x + 10

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