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Find the slope of 10y = 7x + 5.
Round to the third.

User Asherber
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Answer:

0.7

Explanation:

10y = 7x + 5

Divide both sides by 10.

y = 7x/10 + 5/10

y = 0.7x + 0.5

On a straight line of the form y = kx + m, k is the slope of the line.

In our line, y = 0.7x + 0.5, k is 0.7. Thus, the slope of our function is 0.7

Answer: 0.7

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