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What is the slope of the line given by the equation y= -5/2x-5?

Answer 1

Abigail Allen

#-5/2#

The good thing is that this equation is in slope-intercept form

#y=mx+b#, with slope #m# and a #y#-intercept of #b#.

Notice that the coefficient of #x# is the slope. In our equation,

#y=-5/2x-5#

The coefficient on #x# is #-5/2#. This is our #m# value, or slope.

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Answer 2

Hazel Anglin

The slope of the line given by the equation y = -5/2x - 5 is -5/2.

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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

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