How do you find the slope given $5x - 2y = 1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-02T04:39:06

The slope is $-5/2$

$5x-2y=1$

$2y=1-5x$

$y=1/2(1-5x)$

$y=1/2-5/2x$

Since the equation can be written in the general form $y=mx+b$ where m is your gradient, then $m=-5/2$

Therefore, the slope is $-5/2$

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