graph the equation and find the y-intercept.
2y+5x=-6
My question is do I add -5x to both sides first?? how do I start this problem?
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add -5x to each side. Then divide each side by 2.
there is no way to answer this problem. Just leave it as it is because you can't add or subtract numbers with differend variables!
To graph the equation and find the y-intercept, you need to rearrange the equation into slope-intercept form, which is y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
To start the problem, you can begin by isolating the term with y on one side of the equation.
2y + 5x = -6
First, subtract 5x from both sides to move the x term to the right side:
2y = -5x - 6
Next, divide both sides by 2 to isolate y:
y = (-5/2)x - 3
Now the equation is in slope-intercept form, where the coefficient of x, -5/2, represents the slope, and the constant term, -3, represents the y-intercept.
To graph this equation, you can start by plotting the y-intercept, which is the point (0, -3).
Then, you can use the slope to find additional points. The slope -5/2 can be interpreted as "for each increase of 2 units in x, y decreases by 5 units." You can use this information to find additional points and draw a straight line through them to represent the graph of the equation.
To find the y-intercept, you can directly read it from the equation. In this case, the y-intercept is -3, which means that the line intersects the y-axis at the point (0, -3).