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How do you find the slope and y intercept for: $x + 6 y = 6$ $x+6y=6$ ?

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Oct 9, 2015

Slope: $(- \frac{1}{6})$ $(-1/6)$

Explanation:

Either
a. Recognize that given an equation in the form:
$XX A x + B y = C$ $color(white)("XX")Ax+By=C$
$XXXXX$ $color(white)("XXXXX")$ has a slope $m = - \frac{A}{B}$ $m=-A/B$

or
b. Convert $x + 6 y = 6$ $x+6y=6$ into slope intercept-form ( $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ )
$XX y = - \frac{1}{6} x + 1$ $color(white)("XX")y=-1/6x+1$

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