What is the slope of $x - 3 y = - 12$ $x-3y=-12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-08T12:17:53

The slope, $m = \frac{1}{3}$ $m = 1/3$

Write the equation of a straight line in slope-intercept form,

$y = m x + c$ $y = mx +c$

Then you can read off the slope and the y-intercept immediately.

$x + 12 = 3 y \Rightarrow 3 y = x + 12$ $x+12 = 3y " "rArr 3y = x+12$

$y = \frac{1}{3} x + 4 rather use \frac{1}{3} x than \frac{x}{3}$ $y = 1/3x +4" rather use" 1/3x " than " x/3$

The slope, $m = \frac{1}{3}, and c = 4$ $m = 1/3, and c = 4$

What is the slope of x−3y=−12x-3y=-12?