Question

How do you find the slope and y intercept for `-5x +3y =-9`?

Answer 1

If the equation is expressed in slope-intercept form:
`y=mx+b`
the slope is `m` and the y-intercept is `b`

`-5x+3y = -9`

`rarr 3y = 5x-9`

`rarr y = 5/3x -3`

The slope is `(5/3)` and the y-intercept is `(-3)`