Question

How do you find the slope given 2x + 5y = 10?

Answer 1

`-2/5`

Explanation:

To find the slope of a straight line, we must convert the equation into the form of `y=mx+b`, and then look at the value of `m`, which will be its slope.

So here:

`2x+5y=10`

`5y=10-2x`

`5y=-2x+10`

`y=(-2x+10)/5`

`y=-2/5x+2`

`:.` The slope is `-2/5`.