Question

What is the slope of the line 2x + 5y = -10?

Answer 1

okay rewrite this in slope intercept form

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

subtract 2x from both sides, what do u get?

Answer 4

5y=-10-2x

Answer 5

okay now divide everything by 5, what do u get?

Answer 6

y=-2/5x-2

Answer 7

that's right, the slope is the x coefficient. see u did this on your own!

Answer 8

slope is whatever is in front of x

Answer 9

ok

Answer 10

so the slope is -2/5

Answer 11

yes