SOLUTION: The standard equation of a line is represented by the equation Ax+By+C=0. What can be used to determine the slope of the line?
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Question 117168: The standard equation of a line is represented by the equation Ax+By+C=0. What can be used to determine the slope of the line?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation
Subtract ax from both sides
Subtract c from both sides
Divide both sides by B
Break up the fraction
The equation is now in slope intercept form where is the slope and is the y-intercept
So the slope of is
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