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How do you find the slope given 5x+4y=3?

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Nov 25, 2015

Write in $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ form.

Explanation:

Rewrite this equation in the form $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ . This will give you an equation where $m$ $m$ is the slope of the equation.

$5 x + 4 y = 3$ $5x+4y=3$

$4 y = - 5 x + 3$ $4y=-5x+3$

$y = - \frac{5}{4} x + \frac{3}{4}$ $y=-5/4x+3/4$

This is in the $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ form.

$m$ $m$ , or the slope, is $- \frac{5}{4}$ $-5/4$ .

Nov 25, 2015

Write in $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ form.

Explanation:

Rewrite this equation in the form $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ . This will give you an equation where $m$ $m$ is the slope of the equation.

$5 x + 4 y = 3$ $5x+4y=3$

$4 y = - 5 x + 3$ $4y=-5x+3$

$y = - \frac{5}{4} x + \frac{3}{4}$ $y=-5/4x+3/4$

This is in the $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ form.

$m$ $m$ , or the slope, is $- \frac{5}{4}$ $-5/4$ .

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