SOLUTION: 2x + 3y = -3 whats the slope of the line?

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Question 1058192: 2x + 3y = -3
whats the slope of the line?
Found 4 solutions by stanbon, Boreal, ewatrrr, math_helper:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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2x + 3y = -3
whats the slope of the line?
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Write in slope-intercept form::
3y = -2x - 3
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y = (-2/3)x - 1
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Ans: Slope = (-2/3)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
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Rewrite it putting one y on the left
2x+3y=-3
3y=-2x-3
divide by 3 both sides
y=(-2/3)x-1
The slope is the number in front of the x, or -2/3.

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source):
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the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is

where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.
|Solve 2x + 3y = -3 for y
y = (-2/3)x - 1
m = -2/3

Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source):
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There is the "y equals mx+b" form of a straight line:

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where:
m = slope
b = y-intercept
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So the strategy for this problem is to re-arrange what you are given into the above form.

So the slope is