Find the slope and the y-intercept of the graph of y=4x−5
.

The slope-intercept form is
y
=
m
x
+
b
y
=
m
x
+
b
, where
m
m
is the slope and
b
b
is the y-intercept.
y
=
m
x
+
b
y
=
m
x
+
b
Find the values of
m
m
and
b
b
using the form
y
=
m
x
+
b
y
=
m
x
+
b
.
m
=
4
m
=
4
b
=
−
5
b
=
-
5
The slope of the line is the value of
m
m
, and the y-intercept is the value of
b
b
.
Slope:
4
4
y-intercept:
(
0
,
−
5
)