SOLUTION: find the slope of 2x-5y=10

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Question 437073: find the slope of 2x-5y=10
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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The approach to this problem is to rearrange it into slope-intercept form: y = mx +b.
2x -5y = 10
Subtract 2x from both sides.
-5y = -2x + 10
Divide both sides by -5
y = 2/5x + 2
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The slope = 2/5
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Done.