Question

4y + 5x = -2

Answer 1

What's your question?

Answer 2

I think slope.

Answer 3

it needs to be graphed. I would just like the equation solved

Answer 4

First arrange the equation
y=mx+b in this form

Answer 5

I'm not sure on how to do that. could someone do it step by step. I'm pretty confused

Answer 6

Easy way to graph a line:

Make:
4y + 5x = -2

Into:
y = mx + b

Answer 7

y = mx + b
4y=-5x-2

Answer 8

4y + 5x = -2

So you need to isolate the y

To do that, you need to get rid of the 5x from the left side, so subtract 5x from both sides.

Answer 9

4y + 5x = -2
-5x -5x
---- ----

Answer 10

What do you get?

Answer 11

4y=-5x-2

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

Now divide both sides by 4

Answer 14

4y=-5x-2
-- -- --
4 4 4

What do you get?

Answer 15

so it's y=-5/4x-1/2?

Answer 16

\[y = - \frac{ 5 }{ 4 }x - \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\]

Answer 17

yes.

Answer 18

how would I graph that?

Answer 19

-5/4x is the slope

Answer 20

Easy:

Now that it is in y = mx + b, Graph is a line with point (0,b) and slope m

Answer 21

I need to graph it as a line though

Answer 22

So: \(Slope = m = -\frac{ 5 }{ 4 }\)

Answer 23

Jorge, yes we know that it is a line and that is what we are going to graph.

Answer 24

b is the y-intercept, and b = -1/2

then: (0 , -0.5)

slope = rise / run = -5 / 4