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What is the slope of 5x - 3y = 15?

Answer 1

Eva Abramson

The slope is #5/3#

Slope is #m#. Convert to the form #y=mx+c#. #5x-3y=15# => #y=5/3x-5#. The slope is #5/3#.

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Answer 2

Savannah Anderson

To find the slope of the line represented by the equation (5x - 3y = 15), we first need to solve for (y) in terms of (x) to get the equation into slope-intercept form, which is (y = mx + b), where (m) is the slope.

Starting with (5x - 3y = 15):

Subtract (5x) from both sides: (-3y = -5x + 15).
Divide every term by (-3) to solve for (y): (y = \frac{5}{3}x - 5).

Thus, the slope (m) of the line is (\frac{5}{3}).

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