SOLUTION: find the slope and the y intercept 6-1/4y=5x, the slope is??

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Question 408405: find the slope and the y intercept 6-1/4y=5x, the slope is??
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6-1/4y=5x OR  6-5x = y/4 OR  24 - 20x = y

 y = -20x +24   |slope m = -20  and  y-intercept is 24. 

Line crossing the y axis at Pt(0,24), slanting to the left as m < 0

m = -20/1: as y increases/decreases by 20, 

             x increases/decreases by 1 in the opposite direction