Problem finding slope

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Solar_blaze

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Hey there everyone I got a problem in which I don't know exactly how to find a slope in an equation in which Y=MX+B where the M is not definitive
For example how do I find the slope of
3y-X-4=0 or
When. 5y+X=6 or y-5x=7
I am stuck on this subject I learn mostly from a book without a teacher and there isn't a single example how to find a slope in those kind of equation crazy I know.
Can someone help/throw a bone...?
 
Solar_blaze said:
Hey there everyone I got a problem in which I don't know exactly how to find a slope in an equation in which Y=MX+B where the M is not definitive
For example how do I find the slope of
3y-X-4=0 or
When. 5y+X=6 or y-5x=7
I am stuck on this subject I learn mostly from a book without a teacher and there isn't a single example how to find a slope in those kind of equation crazy I know.
Can someone help/throw a bone...?
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In cases like this try to remember the complete definition of slope which can be stated in several ways. One is rise over run or equivalently how much y increases when x increases by 1 or, given the general equation
a y + b x + c = 0
it is either -b/a if a is not zero or it doesn't exist (is infinite) if a is zero. Notice that, if a is not zero, that equation is equivalent to
y = (-b/a) x + (-c/a).
 
Ishuda said:
In cases like this try to remember the complete definition of slope which can be stated in several ways. One is rise over run or equivalently how much y increases when x increases by 1 or, given the general equation
a y + b x + c = 0
it is either -b/a if a is not zero or it doesn't exist (is infinite) if a is zero. Notice that, if a is not zero, that equation is equivalent to
y = (-b/a) x + (-c/a).
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So 3y-x-4=0 is simplified to 3y=X+4? and than what .5y+X=6 becomes 5y=-X+6 ? And y-5X=7 becomes Y=5X+7 ?
 
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