What is the slope of the line represented by the equation y = (2/3)x - 4?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-15T15:07:26

The slope is $2/3$

This equation is in the slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is:

$y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)$

Where $color(red)(m)$ is the slope and $color(blue)(b$ is the y-intercept value.

Therefore:

The slope of this line is $color(red)(m = 2/3)$

The y-intercept is $color(blue)(b = -4)$