How do you write $2 x + y = 5$ $2x + y = 5$ into slope intercept form?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-08T01:45:33

$y = - 2 x + 5$ $y = -2x + 5$

slope intercept form is $y = m x + b$ $y = mx + b$
that means you should try to get $y$ $y$ alone on one side

from

$2 x + y = 5$ $2x+y=5$

we can subtract $2 x$ $2x$ from both sides and get

$y = - 2 x + 5$ $y = -2x + 5$

which is the form you want!

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