find the slope:
x+5y=10
the slope is 5;
y=mx+b
m is the slope
5 is the m in this equation, so therefore, the slope is 5
Thank you, but how does the x play into it,that is where I was confused at?
oh, wait, now I'm confused lol, well I would isolate the y to get the right equation:
y=10/5-x or y=2-x
so, I think I'm doing this wrong, I am not positive, all I know is that y=mx+b; m is slope and b is y-intercept, also the slope formula is y2-y1/x2-x1
I'm really sorry, hopefully someone else will post and help us both not be so confused!!
Thanks for this...I am so confused on it?!?
Ashley was wrong in both replies.
Change x+5y=10 to the the form y = mx + b
5y = -x + 10 , now divide each term by 5
y = (-1/5)x + 2
so the slope is -1/2
typo:
last line should obviously have said:
so the slope is -1/5
To find the slope of the line given by the equation x + 5y = 10, we need to rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form, which is in the form y = mx + b, where m represents the slope.
Let's solve for y:
x + 5y = 10
Rearrange the equation:
5y = -x + 10
Divide both sides of the equation by 5:
y = (-1/5)x + 2
Now, we can see that the coefficient in front of x is -1/5, which represents the slope of the line. Therefore, the slope of the line x + 5y = 10 is -1/5.