How do you write $5x-y=1/4$ in slope intercept form?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-24T05:51:55

Solve the equation for $y$ .

Solve for $y$ .

5x-y=1/4#

Subtract $5x$ from both sides.

$-y=-5x+1/4$

Divide both sides by $-1$ .

$y=5x-1/4$

This equation is in the slope-intercept form, $y=mx+b$ , where the slope, $m$ is $5$ , and the y-intercept, $b$ is $-1/4$ .

graph{y=5x-1/4 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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