Question

find the slope of the following line.
5y=x+5

Answer 1

Hello! The usual way to determine the slope of this straight line is to isolate y. Please do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 5.

Answer 2

What do you get?

Answer 3

y=1

Answer 4

sorry 1/5

Answer 5

If 5y=x+5 and we divide both sides by 5, we get

5y + x = 5
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5 5 5

WOULD YOU please write out the whole equation, not just the (1/5)?

Answer 6

y = ??

Answer 7

Ms. Menendez: still there?

Answer 8

y=5/5

Answer 9

y=1

Answer 10

What I was trying to explain was that you should start with the given equation, 5y=x+5, and divide it through by 5 to obtain a formula for y. That formula is y=(1/5)x + 1.

Then, look at the coefficient in front of the x. What is this coefficient?

Answer 11

1/5

Answer 12

Good. That's your slope, and that's the proper way to find it. I'm sorry this took so long, but I'd rather that you understand where that slope comes from and why.

Answer 13

So, after you've solved 5y=x+5 for y, you merely take the coefficient of x as your slope, m.
OK?

Answer 14

okay i got it

Answer 15

Good luck! See you. Bye for now.

Answer 16

okay bye see you soon :)