How do you find the slope of y=-3x+5?

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Alan P.
Sep 2, 2015

y=-3x+5y=−3x+5 has a slope of -3−3

Explanation:

Any linear equation in the form
color(white)("XXXX")y =color(red)(m)x+color(blue)(b)XXXXy=mx+b
is in slope-intercept form with
color(white)("XXXX")XXXXa slope of color(red)(m)m and
color(white)("XXXX")XXXXa y-intercept of color(blue)(b)b

y=color(red)(-3)x+color(blue)(5)y=−3x+5 is an equation in this form
with a slope of color(red)(-3)−3

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