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Question 82194: Would someone please show me step by step how to figure out this problem?
Find the slope
-6x-9y=12
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, scott8148:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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Find the slope
-6x-9y=12
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You need to put the equation into slope-intercept form: y=mx+b
Solve for y:
9y=-6x-12
y = (-6/9)x-(12/9)
y = (-2/3)x - (4/3)
The slope is -2/3
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
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the general form of the slope-intercept equation is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept

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

-6x-9y=12 ... adding 6x to both sides gives -9y=6x+12 ... dividing the equation by -9 gives y=-(2/3)x-(4/3)

so the slope is -2/3 ... and the y-intercept is -4/3