How do you find the slope of y=-3x+5?

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Alan P.
Sep 2, 2015

#y=-3x+5# has a slope of #-3#

Explanation:

Any linear equation in the form
#color(white)("XXXX")y =color(red)(m)x+color(blue)(b)#
is in slope-intercept form with
#color(white)("XXXX")#a slope of #color(red)(m)# and
#color(white)("XXXX")#a y-intercept of #color(blue)(b)#

#y=color(red)(-3)x+color(blue)(5)# is an equation in this form
with a slope of #color(red)(-3)#

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