Hello!
The slope intercept equation for a line is y=mx+b, where b is the y-intercept, and m is the slope. As you can see, the slope is always multiplied by x.
As you can see, -5/4 is multiplied by x. Therefore, our slope is -5/4.
I hope this helps!
positive number times negative number is negative number "(+)(-) = (-)".

we change the mixed numbers to the improper fractions
