Question

How do you find slope, y intercept and x intercept in an equation -10x-5y=0?

Answer 1

Slope is `-2` and intercepts on `y` axis and `x` axis, both are `0`.

Explanation:

To find slope, `y` intercept and `x` intercept in the equation, let us convert it to slope-intercept form `y=mx+c`, which gives `m` as slope of the line and `c` as `y` intercept.

As we have `-10x-5y=0`

`-5y=10x` or `y=10x/-5=-2x` or

`y=-2x+0`.

Hence, slope is `-2` and `y` intercept is `0`.

For `x` intercept, put `y=0` in the equation which gives

`-10x-5xx0=0` or `-10x=0` i.e. `x=0`

Hence slope is `-2` and intercepts on `y` axis and `x` axis, both are `0`.