What is the slope of #y=-7+5x#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-25T14:37:41

The slope is #m=5#

Strategy: Rewrite this equation in slope-intercept form and read off the slope from that.

Step 1. Rewrite this equation in slope-intercept form.

The slope intercept form of a linear equation is

#y=mx+b#

Where the slope is #m# and the #y#-intercept is #b#.

Rewriting the equation gives: #y=5x-7#

The slope is #m=5#