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What is the slope of the line described by the equation below? y = -x +8

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Answer:

-1

Explanation:

The slope in a y=mx+b equation is m

so in this case the equation is y=-x+8.

x equals one and it's negative, that's why it's your answer

User Entropic
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Answer:

The slope is -1

Explanation:

y = -x +8

This equation is in slope intercept form

y = mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept

The slope is -1

User Adrian Schmidt
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