SOLUTION: how do i find the slope of a line?

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Question 14092: how do i find the slope of a line?
Answer by venugopalramana(3286) About Me  (Show Source):
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Slope of a line is defined as the tangent of the angle the line makes with X axis in the positive (anticlockwise) direction.
if the line equation is given as ax + by + c = 0 , then the slope is given by
the formula m = slope = -a/b