Question

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

Answer 1

2x+10=5y
2x/5+2=y

y=mx+c
m is your slope m=2/5

Answer 2

-5y=-2x-10
(-5y/-5)=(-2x/-5)-(10/-5)
y=2x/5 + 2
2/5 is the slope.

Answer 3

anyway, u just know what formula to find slope of line ax+by=c,
m=-a/b

Answer 4

@michaelr35, how do find the slope? There are two approaches:

i). you could rewrite the linear equation in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), where the slope is m and the y-intercept is b.

OR

ii). If the linear equation is written in implicit form (x and y are both on one side of the equation), then the slope m is the negative of the coefficient of x divided by the coefficient of y.

Try it and let me know if you require further assistance.