How do you find the slope given 2x + 5y = 10?

Answer 1

#-2/5#

To find the slope of a straight line, we must convert the equation into the form of #y=mx+b#, and then look at the value of #m#, which will be its slope.

So here:

#2x+5y=10#

#5y=10-2x#

#5y=-2x+10#

#y=(-2x+10)/5#

#y=-2/5x+2#

#:.# The slope is #-2/5#.

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Answer 2

Ethan Adkins

To find the slope of the line represented by the equation 2x + 5y = 10, rearrange the equation into slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), where m is the slope. First, solve the equation for y:

5y = -2x + 10 y = (-2/5)x + 2

The slope (m) is -2/5.

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