Q. What is the slope of the line represented by the equation 3x+4y=7?
Convert to slope-intercept form: Convert the given equation to slope-intercept form y=mx+b. The equation given is 3x+4y=7. To find the slope, we need to solve for y to get the equation in the form y=mx+b, where m is the slope. Subtract 3x from both sides to isolate the y term on one side. 4y=−3x+7
Isolate y term: Divide both sides of the equation by 4 to solve for y.y=4−3x+7Simplify the equation by distributing the division across the terms on the right side.y=4−3x+47
Solve for y: Identify the slope from the slope-intercept form of the equation.The slope-intercept form of the equation is now y=(−43)x+47, where the coefficient of x is the slope (m).Therefore, the slope of the line is −43.
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