Question

How do you find the slope of -8x + 5y = 0?

Answer 1

The slope of the line is `8/5`.

Explanation:

We have to isolate y, and put the equation into a form of either point-slope form, or slope-intercept form. (In this case both forms have the same equation format)

`-8x+5y=0`

Add `8x` to each side:
`5y=8x`

Divide each side by 5:
`y=8/5x`

`"slope"=8/5`