Simplify each expression 17x + 4 - 3x

An architect is designing a water fountain for a park she uses the given function to model the water jet flowing from the fountain nozzles where h(x) gives the height of the water jugs in feet x feet from the starting point h(x)=-1/20x+x+15

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What does the sign of the slope tell you about a line?