What is the slope of $6y=-8y-14x+13$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-30T12:54:33

$-2/5$

here,

$6y=-8y-14x+13$

$or,8x+6y+14y-13=0$

$or,8x+20y-13=0$

comparing this equation with $ax+by+c=0$ we get,
$a=8$
$b=20$
$c=-13$
we know,

slope of a line, $m=(-a)/b$

by putting the value of a and b in this equation, we get,

$m=(-8)/20$

$=-2/5$

What is the slope of 6y=-8y-14x+136y=-8y-14x+13?