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Example 5: Slope of a Line

Find the slope of the line

6x - 2y + 7 = 0.

The answer is

m = -A/B = -6/(-2) = 3.

To draw the graph of a linear equation, find two points on the line and draw the line through them with a ruler.


Last Update: 2006-11-09