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What is the slope?
y = -x + 3

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Answer: -1/1

Step-by-step explanation: When the equation of a line is written

in this form where y is by itself on one side, the coefficient of the

x term will always be equal to the slope of the line.

So here, y = -x + 3 can be thought of as y = -1/1x + 3.

So it's slope is -1/1.

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