Finding slope in an equation

What is the slope of  4x + 2y = 14?

Get the equation in slope-intercept form: y = mx + b
- then the slope will be the number in front of the x

4x + 2y = 14
2y = -4x + 14  {subtracted 4x from both sides}
y = -2x + 7  {divided both sides by 2}
slope = -2  {the number in front of the x when in slope-intercept form}

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