How do you find the slope of $x - y + 1 = 0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-24T22:50:35

The slope is 1

Given: $" " x-y+1=0$

Add $y$ to both sides giving

$x-y+y+1=0+y$

$x+0+1=y$

$y=x+1$

Although not normally written this way I am going to show you.

There are 1 of $x$ so you could write

$y=1x+1$

The $1" from "1x$ is the gradient (slope)

This means that for 1 along you go up 1

How do you find the slope of x - y + 1 = 0x - y + 1 = 0?