SOLUTION: Find a slope if there is one y= -4x+2 m= Simplify your answer, type an integer or fraction or N if unidentified. Help me please.

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Question 134287: Find a slope if there is one
y= -4x+2
m=
Simplify your answer, type an integer or fraction or N if unidentified.
Help me please.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Notice how y=-4x%2B2 is in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

So this shows us that the slope is m=-4 and the y-intercept is b=2