Find the Slope

$y = 5 x - 6$

Step 1

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Step 2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $5$ .

$m = 5$

Step 3

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