Question

In the equation, y=4x-1, what does the 4 mean? What does the -1 mean?

Answer 1

4 is the slope and -1 is the y-intercept

Answer 2

Answer:

The equation is written in slope-intercept (y = mx + b) form. Therefore, the '4' represents the slope of the line, and the '-1' represents the y-intercept.