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What is the slope of the line descrbed by the equation below?

What is the slope of the line descrbed by the equation below?-example-1

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The given equation of the line is:


y-5=-3(x-17)

It is required to determine the slope of the line.

Recall that the point-slope form of the equation of a line is given as:


y-b=m(x-a)

Where m is the slope of the line and it passes through the point (a,b).

Notice that the given equation is in the point-slope form.

Notice that the slope is m=-3.

The answer is option A.

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