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

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Shwetank Mauria
Apr 27, 2016

Slope is #-1#.

Explanation:

When an equation is written in slope intercept form such as #y=mx+c#, note #y# is on LHS with coefficient #1# and #x# and constant term is on RHS, then #m#, the coefficient of #x# is slope of the line and #c# is intercept of the line on #y#-axis.

Here equation #y=-x-2# is already in slope intercept form and hence slope is #-1#.

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