How do you write $5x+y=-3$ into slope intercept form?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-10T23:59:59

$y=-5x-3$

Slope intercept form can be represented as $y=mx +b$
To get an equation into this form, we should try to get $y$ all alone.

From $5x+y=-3$
we can subtract $5x$ from both sides
to get $=>y= -5x -3$
which is now in slope intercept form :)

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