SOLUTION: Can you explain how to work out how to get the slope and y-intercept of the equation 3x=y-1 ?

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Question 379952: Can you explain how to work out how to get the slope and y-intercept of the equation 3x=y-1 ?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Reduce to slope-intercept form.
Transpose -1 to the left side: y = 3x + 1. This is already in slope-intercept form. The slope is 3, and the y-intercept is 1.