What is the Y - intercept for the straight line 2x - 3y= 5 ?

\frac{2}{5}

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- \frac{5}{3}

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- \frac{5}{2}

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\frac{1}{2}

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Solution

The correct option is B $- \frac{5}{3}$
Given line
$2 x - 3 y = 5$
$3 y = 2 x - 5$
$y = \frac{2}{3} - \frac{5}{3}$
On comparing above equation with $y = m x + c$ where m is slope and c is y-intercept,we get
$m = \frac{2}{3}$
$y - i n t e r c e p t = - \frac{5}{3}$

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