How do you find the slope given y+3=-1/3x?

1 Answer
Mar 22, 2016

The slope is #-1/3#

Explanation:

Your equation may be rewritten into what we call the slope/intercept form: # y = mx+b# where #m# represents the slope of the equation.

#y+3=-1/3x# Subtract 33# from both sides of the equation

#y+3-3=-1/3x-3#

#y = -1/3x -3# Now compare this equation to the slope/intercept form #y =mx+b#, and we easily see that the slope #m=-1/3#

As a bonus, we can also see that the y-intercept of the equation is #b= -3#