SOLUTION: how to put -2x+3y=8 into slope-intercept form

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Question 222729: how to put -2x+3y=8 into slope-intercept form
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-2x%2B3y=8 Start with the given equation.


3y=8%2B2x Add 2x to both sides.


3y=2x%2B8 Rearrange the terms.


y=%282x%2B8%29%2F%283%29 Divide both sides by 3 to isolate y.


y=%282%2F3%29x%2B8%2F3 Break up the fraction.


So the equation y=%282%2F3%29x%2B8%2F3 is now in slope intercept form y=mx%2Bb where the slope is m=2%2F3 and the y-intercept is b=8%2F3 note: the y-intercept is the point