Asad Ali answered You basically have to find the x and y intercepts of the line with equation 2x-5y=7 .The slope intercept general form is :Ax+by=c. X=c/a and y=c/b.Now just put values like:X= 7/2 and y= -7/5(- sign since -5).So the solution set is (7/2,7/5).Hope you have understood the process.