Given the equation  5x + 4y = 2,  answer the following questions. (a) Is the slope of the line described by this equation positive or negative?   (b) As x increases in value, does y increase or decrease?   (c) If x decreases by 4 units, what is the corresponding change in y

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Given the equation 

5x + 4y = 2,

 answer the following questions.

(a) Is the slope of the line described by this equation positive or negative?
 

(b) As x increases in value, does y increase or decrease?
 

(c) If x decreases by 4 units, what is the corresponding change in y?
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The equation 

5x+4y = 2 

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