How do you find slope and intercepts to graph #-3x-5y=6#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-04T00:35:28

Slope #=-3/5#
Y-Intercept #=-6/5#

The question cannot be #-3y -5y = 6#.

So I changed it to #-3x -5y = 6#.

But the principle you are going to apply is the same.

The given equation #-3x -5y = 6#. is in the form of

#ax +by=c#

In such case the the formula to find slope is #m=-a/b#

We shall apply this in our problem

#m=-(-3)/(-5)=-3/5#

To find the y-intercept, put #x=0# and solve the equation

At #x=0; -3(0)-5y=6#
#-5y=6#
#y=-6/5#