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What is the slope of the line Y equals 8 - x / 3

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The equation is given in the form:


y=(8-x)/(3)

This can be re-arranged to the form y = mx + b, shown below:


\begin{gathered} y=(8-x)/(3) \\ y=(8)/(3)-(x)/(3) \\ y=-(x)/(3)+(8)/(3) \\ y=-(1)/(3)x+(8)/(3) \end{gathered}

It's in the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope.

Thus, comparing this line with slope-intercept form (y = mx + b) of a line, we can say that the slope of this line is:


-(1)/(3)

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