How do you find the slope of #5x+y=4#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-28T12:59:09

If we re-write the given equation #5x+y = 4#
as
#y = (-5)x +4#
we have a linear equation in standard slope-intercept form
with a slope of #(-5)#