Question

What is the slope of the line given by the equation below? y + 2 = -3(x - 5)

Answer 1

point slope form:
y - y1 = m(x - x1) where m = slope

in this case y + 2 = -3(x - 5)
slope = - 3

hope it helps

Answer 2

Hi !


y + 2 = -3(x - 5)


The general equation for a line is y = m·x + n (where m represents the slope and n represents the intersection with the y axis )

So,express y + 2 = -3(x - 5) as y = -3x + 15 - 2 or y = - 3x + 13


The coefficient of x is -3 so the slope is -3