Question

How do you find the slope given y+3=-1/3x?

Answer 1

The slope is `-1/3`

Explanation:

Your equation may be rewritten into what we call the slope/intercept form: `y = mx+b` where `m` represents the slope of the equation.

`y+3=-1/3x` Subtract 33# from both sides of the equation

`y+3-3=-1/3x-3`

`y = -1/3x -3` Now compare this equation to the slope/intercept form `y =mx+b`, and we easily see that the slope `m=-1/3`

As a bonus, we can also see that the y-intercept of the equation is `b= -3`