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Identify the slope in the equation 9x + 2y = -7

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The slope of the equation is -9/2

Here, we want to identify the slope of the equation.

Firstly, what we need to do is to express the equation in the standard form

The standard form of the equation of a line is;

y = mx + c

where m represents the slope of the linear equation and c represents the y-intercept of the linear equation

So making y the subject of the equation, we have;

2y = -9x - 7

divide through by 2;

y = -9x/2 - 7/2

The slope of the equation is the coefficient of x which is -9/2

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