How do you find the slope when written in standard form $2 x - y = 17$ $2x-y=17$ ?

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How do you find the slope when written in standard form $2 x - y = 17$ $2x-y=17$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-04T15:45:46

Slope is 2

Solve the equation for y and then read the coefficient of x. That is the slope of the line. The given equation can be solved for y as y= 2x-17. The coefficient of x is 2 hence that is the slope.

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