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Slope Intercept Form of a Straight Line

Equation of a...

Question

Equation of a line with slope 5 and y-intercept -8 is ______

y = 5 x - 8

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y = 5 x + 8

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y = 8 x - 5

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y = 8 x + 5

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Solution

The correct option is A $y = 5 x - 8$
Given the slope of the line is 5 and y-intercept is -8.

Slope intercept form of a line $y = m x + c$ , where m is the slope and c is the y-intercept.

Therefore equation of the line $y = 5 x - 8$

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