What is the slope of $6 x + 2 y = 14$ $6x+2y=14$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-22T16:45:52

$m = - 3$ $m = -3$

This is the equation of a straight line because there is an x-term, a y-term and a number term.

But it is of little help in this form, change it into standard form,

$y = m x + c$ $y = mx+c$ Then, $m$ $m$ is the slope.

$2 y = - 6 x + 14$ $2y = -6x +14$

$y = - 3 x + 7$ $y = -3x+7$

So now, $m = - 3$ $m = -3$

What is the slope of 6x+2y=146x+2y=14 6x+2y=14?