Question

What is the slope of the line m with equation 2x-5y=10?

Answer 1

You would need to solve for y first. To solve for y you would need to know this formula, y = mx + b.

2x - 5y = 10 subtract 2x from both sides

-5y = -2x + 10 divide by -5 from both sides

y = 2/5x - 2

Then to find the slope, you would need to know what m is.

y = 2/5x - 2 is already in the formula y = mx + b.

The answer is: slope = 2/5

Answer 2

2x - 5y = 10

First l, you should change it into slope intercept form (y = mx + b).

2x - 5y = 10
-5y = -2x + 10
y = 2/5x - 2

m = 2/5

So the slope of the line is 2/5.