How do you find the slope given #y = -2x + 7#?

1 Answer
May 29, 2016

-2

Explanation:

The general equation of line is #y = mx+c# where #m# is the slope and #c# is the y intercept i.e. the y - coordinate of the point where the line touches the y - axis.

Comparing #y=-2x+7# with #y = mx+c#, we have

#m# (i.e. slope) is -2

#c# (i.e. y-intercept) is 7