How do you find the slope and y intercept for $4x+5y=-10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-28T16:12:34

Given $4x+5y = -10$

we can re-arrange this as
$y = -4/5x + "some constant"$
So the slope is $(-4/5)$

The y-intercept is the value of $y$ when $x=0$
$4(0) + 5y = -10$
$rarr y = -2$
The y-intercept is $(-2)$

How do you find the slope and y intercept for 4x+5y=-104x+5y=-10?