SOLUTION: find the rate of change, or slope, in the following equation: y = -2x - 10 the rate of change is m = ??? I don't understand what exactly they are asking for

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Hi,

 standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is  

where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.

 

  m = -2