How do you find the slope of 3x-y=0?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-08T01:22:23

slope is $3$ $3$

We can put this linear equation into slope intercept form to find the slope :)

$y = m x + b$ $y = mx + b$ , where

$m$ $m$ - the slope

to do this, we want to get positive "y" all alone on one side
so add "y" to both sides of the given equation

$3 x - y = 0$ $3x - y = 0$

becomes

$3 x = y$ $3x = y$

$y = 3 x + 0$ $y = 3x + 0$

compared to

$y = m x + b$ $y = mx + b$

$m = 3$ $m = 3$ , therefore the slope is equal to $3$ $3$