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

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-10T23:55:36

$y=-x-5$

Slope intercept form can be represented as $y=mx +b$
To get an equation into this form, we should try to get $y$ all alone.

From $x+y=-5$
we can subtract $x$ from both sides
to get $=>y= -x -5$
which is now in slope intercept form :)

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