SOLUTION: find the slope of the line 2x-5y= -25

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Question 247492: find the slope of the line 2x-5y= -25
Found 2 solutions by oberobic, checkley77:
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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You must first get the equation into slope-intercept format: y = mx + b.
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2x+-+5y+=+-25
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Subtract 2x from both sides
+-5y+=+-2x+-25
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Divide both sides by -5
y+=+%28-2%2F-5%29x+-+25%2F-5
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y+=+%282%2F5%29x+%2B+5
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Recall = y = slope*x + intercept
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So,
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slope = 2/5
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Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Y=mX+b
m=slope & b= the Y intercept.
2x-5y= -25
-5y=-2x-25
y=-2x/-5-25/-5
y=2x/5+5
Slope=2/5
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-16%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+2x%2F5+%2B5%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -16 to 5, y from -10 to 10, 2x/5 +5).