SOLUTION: What is the slope of this line? {{{y+3= (-1/4)(x+5)}}}

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Question 79993: What is the slope of this line?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

What is the slope of this line? 



Compare it to the point-slope formula:



So the slope = 

Edwin
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