Question

Had the answer wrote it down and lost its. find the slope if one exists 5x + 6Y = 30. Please tel me how you came up with the answer????

Answer 1

what does slope measure?

Answer 2

i mean, there is nothing special about this problem that makes it defy all known slope related conundrums :)

Answer 3

-5/6 i think

Answer 4

6/30 maybe ... but how does throwing out an unsubstatiated number "help"?

Answer 5

The numbers you all see is what I have and I am in the dark on how to do it

Answer 6

you want to isolate the y on one side of the equation

Answer 7

so 6y=-5y+30

Answer 8

isolating they is good; if you know where to find the slope at in it :)

Answer 9

then divide both sides my 6 so y=(-5/6)y+30

Answer 10

because you put the equation into the form y=mx+c (the formula of a straight line) and that gives you 6x=30-5x Then divide everything by 6 and there ya go:)

Answer 11

the form is y=mx+b, b being the slope
so the slope is (-5/6)

Answer 12

sorry m is slope

Answer 13

but the slope can be found by the formula: ax+by=c just as well right?

slope = -a/b in that case

Answer 14

but knowing what slope measures is important. When you know what it measures, finding it is a breeze

Answer 15

slope is: the change in "y" with respect to a change in "x"

5x + 6Y = 30 ; lets make x=0 and solve for y

5(0) + 6y = 30
6y = 30
y = 30/6 = 5

now lets change "x" by 1; say ...x=1

5(1) + 6Y = 30
5 + 6y = 30
6y = 30 - 5
6y = 25
y = 25/6

now we see how y moved and that is our slope:

y went from 5 to 25/6; or rather:
from 30/6 to 25/6; which is a movement of -5/6

our slope is -5/6

Answer 16

If this is an algebra question then...

Place the equation in standard form (y=mx+b) then the coefficient (number) in front f the x variable is the slope.
5x+6y=30 is not in standard form.

To get a linear equation into standard form:
1) Move the x variable and its coefficent to the rigth side of the equation using an arithmetic operation (+,-).
2) Get y all by itself on the left side with a coefficient of 1 by using another arithmetic operation (x./).

example:

2y +4x =10
2y+4x-4x=10-4x :subtraxt 4x from both sides
2y=10-4x
2y/2=(10-4x)/2 :divide both sides by 2
y=5-2x
the coefficient in front of the x variable is -2. Therfore the slope is -2