Question

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

Answer 1

The slope, `m = 1/3`

Explanation:

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

`y = mx +c`

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

`x+12 = 3y " "rArr 3y = x+12`

`y = 1/3x +4" rather use" 1/3x " than " x/3`

The slope, `m = 1/3, and c = 4`