SOLUTION: Trouble with this one. Thank you. Find the slope, if it exists: x + 3y=6

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Question 370029: Trouble with this one. Thank you. Find the slope, if it exists: x + 3y=6
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write in slope-intercept form:
3y = -x+6. Divide both sides by 3,
y = -x/3 + 2. The slope is -1/3, y-intercept 2