SOLUTION: Choose the slop of the line 2x+5y=-1. -1/5 or 2 or 2/5 or -2/5. Please tell me how to do this.

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Question 731377: Choose the slop of the line 2x+5y=-1.
-1/5 or 2 or 2/5 or -2/5.
Please tell me how to do this.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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One of the less advanced ways to find the slope for a linear equation (of two variables) in standard form is the let x=0 and find y; and let y=0 and find x. You can then use these two points to compute the slope between them.

As you study and gain some sophistication, you may learn that for a line equation in standard form ax+by=c, the slope is %28-1%29%2A%28a%2Fb%29.

Another way of finding the slope is to convert from standard form into slope-intercept form, and read the slope directly from the resulting equation. The slope will be the coefficient of the x term.
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y=mx+b
the slope is m.