Q. Find the slope of the line y=−5x+18. Write your answer as an integer or as a simplified proper or improper fraction.
Identify Form: Identify the form of the linear equation.The equation y=−5x+18 is in the form of y=mx+b, which is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation.
Determine Slope: Determine the slope of the line.In the slope-intercept form y=mx+b, the coefficient m in front of x represents the slope of the line. In the equation y=−5x+18, the coefficient of x is −5.
Write Integer Slope: Write the slope as an integer.Since the slope is the coefficient of x and it is already an integer, we can write the slope as −5.
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