How do you find the slope and intercept of 2x+5y=15?

1 Answer
May 24, 2018

"slope "=-2/5," y-intercept "=3

Explanation:

"the equation of a line in "color(blue)"slope intercept form" is.

•color(white)(x)y=mx+b

"where m is the slope and b the y-intercept"

"rearrange "2x+5y=15" into this form"

"subtract "2x" from both sides and divide terms by 5"

5y=-2x+15

y=-2/5x+3larrcolor(blue)"in slope-intercept form"

"with slope "=-2/5" and y-intercept "=3