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how do you use this cause I just found this website and I don't understand it really? also how do you do this problem below:

 

Write in slope-intercept form.

                                                 3x+5y=-5

 Feb 2, 2015

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To get slope intercept form isolate the y, so:

 

3x + 5y = -5

 

Subtract 3x from both sides:

5y = -3x - 5

 

Divide all terms by 5:

y = -(3/5)x - 1

 

This is now in slope intercept form, where the slope is -(3/5) and the y intercept is -1.

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 Feb 2, 2015
 #1
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+5
Best Answer

To get slope intercept form isolate the y, so:

 

3x + 5y = -5

 

Subtract 3x from both sides:

5y = -3x - 5

 

Divide all terms by 5:

y = -(3/5)x - 1

 

This is now in slope intercept form, where the slope is -(3/5) and the y intercept is -1.

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Alan Feb 2, 2015

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