Question

How do you find the slope given `y = -2x + 7`?

Answer 1

-2

Explanation:

The general equation of line is `y = mx+c` where `m` is the slope and `c` is the y intercept i.e. the y - coordinate of the point where the line touches the y - axis.

Comparing `y=-2x+7` with `y = mx+c`, we have

`m` (i.e. slope) is -2

`c` (i.e. y-intercept) is 7