SOLUTION: What does a slope of 4/-3 mean?

Question 880870: What does a slope of 4/-3 mean?

Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, Fombitz:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
as y increases by 4, x decreases by 3
y = (4/(-3))x

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slope means the change in y over the change in x.
So starting at some point, say, (0,0), if the line has a slope of
if I move 3 units to the right (positive x) then the line moves 4 units down (negative y). So if (0,0) is one point on the line then another point is (3,-4).

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