Linear Equations

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Feb 10, 2007, 08:32 AM

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Linear Equations

y=-3x+7

What form of a linear equation is this?
What is the slope of this line?

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Feb 10, 2007, 10:12 AM	#2

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Originally Posted by jreib

y=-3x+7

What form of a linear equation is this?
What is the slope of this line?

That is slope-intercept form. The slope is the coefficient of x.

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