SOLUTION: find the slope of the line: 3y=x-1/2. to get y by itself you divide everything by 3, but im not sure how to solve this particular problem.

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Question 639762: find the slope of the line: 3y=x-1/2. to get y by itself you divide everything by 3, but im not sure how to solve this particular problem.
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation 1+x+%2B+-3+y+=+0.5 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+-1%2F-3.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 0.5/1 = 0.5.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 0.5/-3 = -0.166666666666667.
  • Slope is -1/-3 = 0.333333333333333.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=0.333333333333333*x+-0.166666666666667.