SOLUTION: how do you find a slope when the y=-9x+2

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Question 357413: how do you find a slope when the y=-9x+2
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

y=-9x+2 is in the general slope-intercept form of a line (y = mx + b) where m is the slope and b is the y intercept

slope of this line 1s -9 0r (-9/1) Slope is negative, so line slants to the left

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