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Last one for the day :)
Find the slope of the line

Last one for the day :) Find the slope of the line-example-1

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For each unit of progress toward the right ... as 'x' increases ...
the line drops one unit.

Its slope is -1.
User Hatfinch
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Line pass to points: (-5;0) and (0;-5)

So:


\left|\begin{array}{ccc}x&y&1\\-5&0&1\\0&-5&1\end{array}\right|=0\\ \\ 25+5y+5x=0\\ \\ 5+y+x=0\\ y=-x-5\\ \\ slope=-1 \ \ \(coeficient \ of \
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