SOLUTION: Consider the equation ky+2x=7. For what will be the value of k if the slope is 1?

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Question 100242: Consider the equation ky+2x=7. For what will be the value of k if the slope is 1?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=mx+b
slope=m=1
ky+2x=7
ky=-2x+7
y=(-2x/k)+7/k
by inspection of the above line if k=-2 then: y=x+(7/-2) and m=1
k=-2 Ans.
Ed
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