How do you find the slope of $5 x + 2 y = - 20$ $5x+2y=-20$ ?

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How do you find the slope of $5 x + 2 y = - 20$ $5x+2y=-20$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-19T07:58:41

$- \frac{a}{b}$ $-a/b$ , $- \frac{5}{2}$ $-5/2$

Explanation:

The standard form of a line is ax+by+c=0. If you were to change this into slope-intercept form, $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ , your m would be the slope. The change from standard to slope-intercept form is as follows.
$a x + b y + c = 0$ $ax+by+c=0$
$b y = - a x - c$ $by=-ax-c$
$y = - \frac{a}{b} x - \frac{c}{b}$ $y=-a/bx-c/b$
$b_{slope-intercept} = - \frac{c}{b}$ $b_"slope-intercept"=-c/b$
$m = - \frac{a}{b}$ $m=-a/b$

This can be used to quickly find the slope or y-intercept of a line in standard form.

Answer 2 · 2018-03-19T08:04:09

the slope is $- \frac{5}{2}$ $-5/2$

Explanation:

as, $y = m x + c$ $y=mx+c$

$5 x + 2 y = - 20$ $5x+2y=-20$
$2 y = - 5 x - 20$ $2y=-5x-20$
$y = - \frac{5}{2} x - 10$ $y=-5/2x-10$
compare with y=mx+c
$m = - \frac{5}{2}$ $m=-5/2$

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