SOLUTION: I really dont understand how do you get the slope y=-5x+2? What formula do you use? I was told the slope would be -5/1 but i dont understand how that is the answer?

Question 203906: I really dont understand how do you get the slope y=-5x+2? What formula do you use? I was told the slope would be -5/1 but i dont understand how that is the answer?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the slope of a line is the amount of rise (or fall) as the line goes from left-to-right

the slope is due to the changes in the vertical values (y), as the horizontal values (x) change

the slope may be calculated by the ratio of the coefficients of the x and y terms

when the equation of the line is written in the slope-intercept form; the y- term is by itself on the left (with a coefficient of one)
___ this allows for the slope to be read directly as the coefficient of the x-term
___ the constant term with the x, is the value of the y-intercept (where the line crosses the y axis)

the general form of the equation is usually written as ___ y = mx + b
___ where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept
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