3x+5y=-1

Question

3x+5y=-1

anonymous · Answer

How do I find the slope and y intercept

anonymous · Answer

Alright, let's do the intercept first.  Now, here's a question:  How do we find a point on the y axis?

As in, is it (0,y) or (x,0)?

anonymous · Answer

firstly to find the slope you will have to make y the subject of the formula which will be
                                3x+5y=-1
                                      5y=-1-3x
                                      y= -1/5 - 3x/5
     so now we know that our slope is -3/5

anonymous · Answer

Rewrite
5y  = -3x -1
y = (-3/5)x -1/5

Slope -3/5
Intercept -1/5

Form y = mx + b

anonymous · Answer

Ah oh well.  Looks like they beat us to the answer.  Heh.

anonymous · Answer

m - slope
b - intercept

anonymous · Answer

to find the y intercept we make x=0 and then we find the value of y
 3(0)+5y=-1
          5y=-1
            y=-1/5
so the y intercept is (0,-1/5)