SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line y = -3x + 5 ?

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Question 887391: What is the slope of the line y = -3x + 5 ?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y = -3x + 5 is in the form y = mx+b

m is the slope

Since m = -3 in this case, the slope is -3

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