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Find the slope from the line of best fit y = 5 - 3x.

User Yousaf Raza
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slope =-3
Explanation:
What is the equation of a line in slope
intercept form?
mr + b
m is the slope. It is always multiplied with
the variable (x)
b is the y-intercept. It is always the term
without a variable
The given line of best fit is written in slope-
intercept form. All we have to do is identify
which term is the slope.
Y
-30+5
-3 is the coefficient of x. Therefore, -3 is
the slope.
User Knitevision
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Answer:

slope = -3

Explanation:

⭐ What is the equation of a line in slope intercept form?


  • y = mx+b
  • m is the slope. It is always multiplied with the variable (x)
  • b is the y-intercept. It is always the term without a variable

The given line of best fit is written in slope-intercept form. All we have to do is identify which term is the slope.


y = -3x + 5

-3 is the coefficient of x. Therefore, -3 is the slope.

User Mohamed Mahdi
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