SOLUTION: a line with equation y=5+7x has what slope ?

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Question 388953: a line with equation y=5+7x has what slope ?
Found 3 solutions by richard1234, edjones, ewatrrr:
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Slope is 7. In general, if a linear equation is in the form y = mx + b, then m is the slope.

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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7, the number multiplied times x in the slope-intercept form (which this equation is in.)

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi

Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b 

 where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  

y = 7x + 5  Slope m = 7

Points (0,5), (-5/7,0) and (-1,-2) on the line