Question

how do i find the slope line 4y - 5 = 6x

Answer 1

you take the 6 and divide it by the 4

Answer 2

4y = 6x + 5
divide both sides by 4
y = (6x+5)/4

Answer 3

what happens to the y and the x?? which variable is the slope

Answer 4

use y=mx+b
so, y will always be dependent
mx... m is a number and x is your slope,

Answer 5

no variable is the slop

Answer 6

If you want to "find" the slope; get 2 known points from the equation and determine the distances between them

Answer 7

the easiest points to find or the y intercept and the x intercept

Answer 8

4y - 5 = 6x when y = 0: (x,0) x = ?

x = -5/6 (-5/6, 0)
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4y - 5 = 6x when x = 0; (0,y) y=??

y = 5/4 (0,5/4)

find our how far and in what direct the "y" value changes between these points from left to right......

and divide that by the distance and direction between the x points from left to right

Answer 9

the change in y
slope = --------------
the change in x

Answer 10

y = 0 - (5/4) = -5/4
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x = -5/6 - (0) = -5/6

slope = -5/4 1/4
--- = ---- = (1/4)(6) = 6/4 = 3/2
-5/6 1/6

Answer 11

that was alot to take in, but im getting it a little bit now, thankx 2 the both of you guys for replying thank you.

Answer 12

keep at it, itll click soon enough :)

Answer 13

thankx, and i will =)

Answer 14

hey whats up :P

Answer 15

hey whats up =P

Answer 16

1+2=3sum

Answer 17

8==D

Answer 18

Perhaps to make it easier, the slope is attached to the x. If the numbers are 2/3, the slope is 2/3. If the number attached to the x is whole, like 3x, then it is understood that as a fraction it would be 3/1. Your slope then would be 3/1, read as RISE over RUN, that would be 3 UP and 1 to the right, since both are positive. keep in mind you need to get everything on one side before you can determine the slope. So, in THIS case: you have to first +5 on both sides (zeroing it out on the left). Now it should read 4y=6x+5. Now divide the 4 from both sides. Now it should look like y=6/4x +5/4. Reduce the fraction on the x to 3/2. Rise over run (slope) is 3/2...up 3 over to right 2. What happens to the x and y? They don't disappear...you still have them.

Answer 19

there are plenty of shorcuts; but the only way to "find" the slope is thru the drudgery of finding points and calculating distances and directions ;)

After a few hundred of them you begin to notice that they are follwing a pattern that you will then be able to recognize and skip all the "finding" stuff :)