Question

how do you find the slope?

Answer 1

Given some equation:

\[ax + by + c = 0\]

You solve for y:
\[ y = -\frac{a}{b}x - \frac{c}{b}\]

And the slope will be the coefficient in front of the x. (In this case \(-\frac{a}{b}\))

Answer 2

If your equation is already in the form:

y = mx + b

Then the slope is the m.