Question

How do I write this in slope-intercept form? -3x - 10y = 7

Answer 1

Please walk me through it, don't just tell me.

Answer 2

just solve the equation for y

Answer 3

yay something i am good at, hold on and let me solve it.

Answer 4

So... You start off with 4x-10y=11
Firstly, move the 4x to the other side by subtracting it. (4x-4x - 10y = 11-4x)
Now, since the 4x has been moved, you are left with -10y = 11-4x.
To isolate y, you have to get rid of the -10 in front of it, so divide -10 by -10 to get rid of it (And since this is Algebra, what you do on one side is also applied on the other.)

Here: -10 / -10y = 11/-10 -4/-10x
y = -11/10 -2/5x (Simplify the fractions from above)
And make sure to shift the -2/5x to the front to match the y=mx + b format

So the final equation is :

y = -2/5x - 11/10

-2/5 = m (slope)
x = x (:P)
-11/10 = b (y-intercept)

So it fits the y=mx+b equation! :)

I hope this helps! :)

Answer 5

Whoa, thanks!

Answer 6

oops wrong person

Answer 7

Still helped haha

Answer 8

who cares u get the concept

Answer 9

lol

Answer 10

So to start off, slope intercept is in form y = mx+b right? And this is in standard form, what wee need to do is get 3x over t o the other side of the equal sign, since it is a -3x you do reverse operations or inverse operations, and add 3x to both sides of the equation, according to properities of equality, once you do that you get -10y = 3x + 7 and now you need to isolate or solve for y, how you do this is you use inverse operations with the 10y... 10y is basically saying 10 times y so, the opposite of mulitplication is division so you take the -10y and you divide each expression in the equation by -10, so the equation then becomes, y = -3x/5 + -7/10, 10 simplifies down to 5 if you are wondering where i got 5 from..... I may be incorrect but that is what i believe is the answer...

Answer 11

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