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Question 639567: My teacher was asking us to find the slope of the lines described. The question was "The line with X intercept 3 and y intercept -2." How do I find this? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathTherapy:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! X/3 - y/2 = 1
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Y = (2/3)x - 2
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Slope = 2/3
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
My teacher was asking us to find the slope of the lines described. The question was "The line with X intercept 3 and y intercept -2." How do I find this?
An x-intercept of 3 indicates a coordinate point of: (3, 0)
A y-intercept of - 2 indicates a coodinate point of: (0, - 2)
Slope, or m = , or , or
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