document.write( "Question 93697: what is the slope and y intercept of 5x-4y=20 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "First of all rewrite the given equation into the standard slope intercept form of a line, that is y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the slope of the equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x - 4y = 20\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 5x - 4y - 5x = 20 - 5x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> -4y = 20 - 5x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by -4\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> \"-4y%2F-4+=+%2820%2F-4%29++-%285x%2F-4%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> \"y+=+-5+%2B+%285x%2F4%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Which can be written as, \"y+=+%285%2F4%29%2Ax+-5++\", which is of standard form\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, slope of the given equation is, \"5%2F4\" and y intercept is \"-5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Praseena.\r
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