How do you find the slope of the line $x + 5y = 10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-18T13:47:20

slope $=1/5$

$x+5y=10$

$=>5y=-x+10$

$=>y=x/5+2$ $" "color(red)((1))$

We know that,

$y=mx+c$ $" "color(red)((2))$

compare $" "color(red)((1))$ & $" "color(red)((2))$

$m=1/5$

How do you find the slope of the line x + 5y = 10x + 5y = 10?