How do you find the slope of $2x + 4y = 5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-03T23:10:58

the slope of the line is $-1/2$

The equation of a straight line in standard form is:
$y=mx+c$
where m is the slope (gradient) and c is the y-intercept.

Rearranging the equation to make y the subject

$4y = -2x +5$

divide throughout by 4
$y = -2/4x +5/4$

the value of m is $-2/4$ or $-1/2$

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