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Digital SAT Math Practice Question #2210

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A line has equation $ax + by = c$. If $a > 0, b > 0,$ and $c > 0$, what is the sign of the slope of the line?
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Rewrite in slope-intercept form: $by = -ax + c \implies y = -\frac{a}{b}x + \frac{c}{b}$. Since $a > 0$ and $b > 0$, $-\frac{a}{b}$ is strictly negative....

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