SOLUTION: Find the slope and y-intercept. –5x + 3y = 9

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Question 82397: Find the slope and y-intercept.
–5x + 3y = 9

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First solve for y:


Add 5x to both sides

Divide both sides by 3

So we have



So it is now in form where m is the slope and b is the y intercept. Since and the slope is y-intercept is (0,3) (b is always the y coordinate of the y-intercept).
Here is the graph of



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