What is the slope of $3 = - 2 y + 5 x$ $3=-2y+5x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-28T19:52:49

slope= $\frac{5}{2}$ $5/2$

y-intercept = $- \frac{3}{2}$ $-3/2$

$3 = - 2 y + 5 x$ $3=-2y+5x$ (rearrange equation into $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ )

$3 + 2 y = 5 x$ $3+2y=5x$ (Added 2y to both sides)

$2 y = 5 x - 3$ $2y=5x-3$ (Subtracted 3 from both sides)

$y = \frac{5 x - 3}{2}$ $y=(5x-3)/2$ (Divided by two on both sides to isolate the variable)

In the equation $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ , $m$ $m$ =slope $b$ $b$ = y-intercept

so slope= $\frac{5}{2}$ $5/2$

y-intercept = $- \frac{3}{2}$ $-3/2$

What is the slope of 3=-2y+5x3=−2y+5x3=-2y+5x?