The standard form:

The slope-intercept form:

m - slope
b - y-intercept
We have m = 3 and b = -5.
Substitute:
subtract 3x from both sides
change the signs

John can walk 4 miles per hour
Solution :
Given


Let the initial approximation is 
So by Newton's method, we get






are identical up to eight decimal places.
The approximate real root is x ≈ 1.32471795
∴ x = 1.32471795
He has 2/3 left to complete.
He did 5 out of 15 which is 5/15 or 1/3. Therefore he has 1-1/3 or 2/3 left.