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What is the slope of the equation y = 5x - 7?
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What is the slope of the equation y = 5x - 7? o -7 o 7.-example-1
User K Prime
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Answer:

The slope is 5.

Explanation:

y=mx+b is the equation used to plot a line, where m is the slope and b is the y intercept.

User Bruce Christensen
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Answer:

slope = 5

Explanation:

The equation of a line in slope- intercept form is

y = mx + c ( m is the slope and c the y- intercept )

y = 5x - 7 ← is in slope- intercept form

with slope m = 5

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