document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=179607>Question 179607</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me get this concept please anyone!!!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am working with slopes and the issue I have is finding slopes when you are only given an equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know that we have to rewrite the equation is slope\intercept (y=mx+b) form and that is where I have the trouble<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "so for this equation, as well as any other line equation we have to isolate the y on one side of the equals and the x  and constant term on the other side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In order to do that  with this equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3y=x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(-1/3)x+0 ...divided by -3 on both sides. I put the zero there to show that in this case the b(y intercept ) is zero.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, the coefficent in from of the x term is the slope. In our case it is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-1/3)<BR>\n" );
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