How do you find the slope of the line given by the equation $3x -4y =12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-05T09:58:46

slope is $3/4$

In the form $ax+by+c=0$ the slope of the line is calculated by:

$m=-a/b$

Then in the given equation, in the form:

$3x-4y-12=0$

the slope is

$m=(-3)/-4=3/4$

How do you find the slope of the line given by the equation 3x -4y =123x -4y =12?