Find the slope of the line y = –5/2 x + 1/7 . Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, improper fraction, or integer.

Question

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Answer 1

The equation of a line is:

y = mx + b

where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Your equation is:

y = -(5/2)x + 1/7

Which number, -5/2 or 1/7, corresponds to the slope, m?

Answer 2

Find the slope of the line y = –5/2 x + 1/7 . Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, improper fraction, or integer.

For this equation, this is written in slope-intercept form. In other words, we are given the slope and the y-intercept.

Form: y=mx+b (m is the slope and b is the y-intercept). When a problem is written like this, you look at the number directly in front of the x and that is your slope.