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Green Eyes
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Green Eyes asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

Please help find Slope of the line?

Find the slope of the line having equation 3x+4y=5

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  • Atoria
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    If you have y = mx + b you know that m is the slope, so the goal here is to get the equation into the format above:

    3x+4y=5

    4y = 5 - 3x

    y = 5/4 - (3/4)x

    y = (-3/4)x + 5/4

    m in this case is -3/4 so that is your slope

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