SOLUTION: Please HELP!!! Find the equation for line and write Ax+By=C with slope 2/5 and y-intercept 4

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Question 440147: Please HELP!!!
Find the equation for line and write Ax+By=C
with slope 2/5 and y-intercept 4
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=mx+b

y=%282%2F5%29x%2B4

Clear the fraction by multiplying both sides by 5:


Now, the tradition in math is to keep the x coefficient positive, so multiply both sides by -1:
2x-5y+=+-20

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida