document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=82194>Question 82194</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Would someone please show me step by step how to figure out this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x-9y=12 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #58887 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=58887\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the general form of the slope-intercept equation is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have to use algebra to get y by itself on one side of the equation, then the coefficient of the x term is the slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x-9y=12 ... adding 6x to both sides gives -9y=6x+12 ... dividing the equation by -9 gives y=-(2/3)x-(4/3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the slope is -2/3 ... and the y-intercept is -4/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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