SOLUTION: Find the slope and y-intercept of 2x - 3y = 6

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Question 52949: Find the slope and y-intercept of 2x - 3y = 6
Answer by rchill(405) About Me  (Show Source):
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Always solve for y! So, add 3y to both sides to get 2x=3y+6. Now subtract 6 from both sides to get 2x-6=3y. Dividing both sides by 3 we get %282%2F3%29x-2=y. We now have a line in the format y=mx+b, where m is the slope; that means the slope of our line is 2%2F3. To find the y-intercept, we use x=0 in the equation and we get y=-2, or the ordered pair (0,-2). The graph is:
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