Question

Find the slope of the line whose equation is 5y = x - 3.

Answer 1

Easy,

it's already good, written in y=mx+b form

m=slope

You have,

5y=x-3

Divide by 5 to isolate the y


`(5y)/(5)= (x)/(5)- (3)/(5)`

Making it,

y=
`(1)/(5) x- (3)/(5)`

The slope,m, is
`(1)/(5)`.

Answer 2

y=mx+b
m=slope
so we just have to convert it to such
5y=x-3
sivide both sides by 5 to get 1y
y=1/5x-3/5
y=mx+b
m=1/5
slope=1/5