SOLUTION: how to determine the slope of the line 7x-4y=12

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Question 637481: how to determine the slope of the line 7x-4y=12
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, reviewermath:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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how to determine the slope of the line 7x-4y=12
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Solve for y
It'll be in slope-intercept form, y = mx + b
The coefficient of x is the slope, m
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b is the y-intercept

Answer by reviewermath(1029) (Show Source):
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc

Equation describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is .
X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 12/7 = 1.71428571428571.
Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 12/-4 = -3.
Slope is -7/-4 = 1.75.
Equation in slope-intercept form: y=1.75*x+-3.