Find the Slope and y-intercept 5x+5y=20

$5 x + 5 y = 20$

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 $5 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$5 y = 20 - 5 x$

Divide each term in $5 y = 20 - 5 x$ by $5$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $5 y = 20 - 5 x$ by $5$ .

$\frac{5 y}{5} = \frac{20}{5} + \frac{- 5 x}{5}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{5 y}{5} = \frac{20}{5} + \frac{- 5 x}{5}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{20}{5} + \frac{- 5 x}{5}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Divide $20$ by $5$ .

$y = 4 + \frac{- 5 x}{5}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 5$ and $5$ .

Factor $5$ out of $- 5 x$ .

$y = 4 + \frac{5 (- x)}{5}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $5$ out of $5$ .

$y = 4 + \frac{5 (- x)}{5 (1)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$y = 4 + \frac{5 (- x)}{5 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite the expression.

$y = 4 + \frac{- x}{1}$

Divide $- x$ by $1$ .

$y = 4 - x$

Reorder $4$ and $- x$ .

$y = - x + 4$

Step 2

Use the slope-intercept form to find the slope and y-intercept.

Find the values of $m$ and $b$ using the form $y = m x + b$ .

$m = - 1$

$b = 4$

The slope of the line is the value of $m$ , and the y-intercept is the value of $b$ .

Slope: $- 1$

y-intercept: $(0, 4)$

Slope: $- 1$

y-intercept: $(0, 4)$

Step 3