SOLUTION: find the slope and the y-intercept of the line. 5x=3y+15

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Question 544884: find the slope and the y-intercept of the line. 5x=3y+15
Found 2 solutions by mananth, cira554:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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5x=3y+15
5x-15=3y
/3
(5/3)x-5=y
y=(5/3)x-5
m= slope = 5/3
y intercept =-5

Answer by cira554(7) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5x=3y+15 rearranging it we get 3y=5x-15,
dividing by 3 all through we get y=5/3x-5 which is in the form y=mx+c,
m is our slope and c our y-intercept.
therefore from our equation the slope is 5/3 and the y-intrcept=-5