SOLUTION: what is the slope of y=-4x -1

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Question 1156425: what is the slope of y=-4x -1
Answer by ikleyn(52794)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Every time, when a straight line is presented in the form


    y = ax + b,


the slope of this straight line is the value of the coefficient "a" at x.


In your case it is -4.

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