SOLUTION: What is the positive or negative slope of 8x + 3y=24?
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Question 413879: What is the positive or negative slope of 8x + 3y=24?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write the equation in slope intercept form by isolating y.
3y = -8x + 24
y = (-8/3)x + 8
Slope = -8/3
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