Q. What is the slope of the line?6x+10y=8Choose 1 answer:(A) −45(B) −54(C) −53(D) −43
Finding the slope: To find the slope of the line, we need to solve for y in terms of x to get the equation into slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b, where m is the slope.
Isolating terms with y: First, we subtract 6x from both sides of the equation to isolate terms with y on one side.6x+10y−6x=8−6xThis simplifies to:10y=−6x+8
Dividing every term by 10: Next, we divide every term by 10 to solve for y.(10y)/10=(−6x)/10+8/10This simplifies to:y=−53x+54
Identifying the slope: Now that we have the equation in slope-intercept form, we can identify the slope, which is the coefficient of x.The slope is −53.
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