SOLUTION: Find The Slope Of -5x+y=-6

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Question 528349: Find The Slope Of -5x+y=-6
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Equation -5+x+%2B+1+y+=+-6 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--5%2F1.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. -6/-5 = 1.2.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is -6/1 = -6.
  • Slope is --5/1 = 5.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=5*x+-6.
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