How can you find the slope of the line #3x-5y=3#?

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Alan P.
Mar 30, 2015

The easiest way to find the slope of an equation like #3x-5y=3#
is to re-arrange it into a slope-point form #(y-y_0) = m(x-x_0)# where it is really only the #m# slope we are interested in.

#3x-5y=3#

#rarr -5y = -3x +3#

#rarr y = 3/5x -3/5#

#rarr (y-0) = 3/5 (x-1)#

and the slope is #3/5#

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