How do you find the slope of $y - 17 = - 3 x$ $y-17=-3x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-25T14:08:53

If you add $17$ $17$ to both sides of this equation, you get:

$y = - 3 x + 17$ $y = -3x + 17$

This is in slope intercept form $y = m x + c$ $y = mx+c$ where $m = - 3$ $m=-3$ is the slope and $c = 17$ $c=17$ the intercept.

How do you find the slope of y-17=-3xy−17=−3xy-17=-3x?