Find the Slope 3x+5y=-7

$3 x + 5 y = - 7$

Step 1

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Subtract $3 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$5 y = - 7 - 3 x$

Divide each term in $5 y = - 7 - 3 x$ by $5$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $5 y = - 7 - 3 x$ by $5$ .

$\frac{5 y}{5} = \frac{- 7}{5} + \frac{- 3 x}{5}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{5 y}{5} = \frac{- 7}{5} + \frac{- 3 x}{5}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{- 7}{5} + \frac{- 3 x}{5}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{7}{5} + \frac{- 3 x}{5}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{7}{5} - \frac{3 x}{5}$

Write in $y = m x + b$ form.

Reorder $- \frac{7}{5}$ and $- \frac{3 x}{5}$ .

$y = - \frac{3 x}{5} - \frac{7}{5}$

Reorder terms.

$y = - (\frac{3}{5} x) - \frac{7}{5}$

Remove parentheses.

$y = - \frac{3}{5} x - \frac{7}{5}$

Step 2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $- \frac{3}{5}$ .

$m = - \frac{3}{5}$

Step 3