SOLUTION: What is the value of k so that the line (2+k)x + (2-k)y = 15 has a slope of 3/2?

Question 206009: What is the value of k so that the line (2+k)x + (2-k)y = 15 has a slope of 3/2?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The goal here is to first get the standard equation into the slope-intercept equation

Start with the given equation.

Subtract from both sides.

Rearrange the terms.

Divide both sides by to isolate "y".

Break up the fraction

Now the equation is in the form where the slope is and the y-intercept is

Because we want the slope to be , this means that

So the next step is to solve for 'k'. I'll let you do that.
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