SOLUTION: Find the slope if it exists y=-3x+7

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Question 399107: Find the slope if it exists
y=-3x+7

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

......this is an equation in form and (as
you can see) a is


if you want to find it, you need two points to find a slope; let and
, and find for these values of
.....if
.......so, we have one point: (0,7)
.....if
.......so, we have another point: (2,1)
now we can find a slope
Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the slope


Slope of the line through the points (0, 7) and (2, 1)



Answer: Slope is





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