A company produces accessories for smart phones and tablets. The profit on each smart phone case is $2 and the profit on each tablet case is $3. The company made a profit of $1,200 on the cases last month. The equation 2x + 3y = 1,200 represents the company's profit from cases last month, where x is the number of smart phone cases sold and y is the number of tablet cases sold.

Change the equation into slope-intercept form. Identify the slope and y-intercept of the equation. Be sure to show all of your work.

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A company produces accessories for smart phones and tablets. The profit on each smart phone case is $2 and the profit on each tablet case is $3. The company made a profit of $1,200 on the cases last month. The equation 2x + 3y = 1,200 represents the company's profit from cases last month, where x is the number of smart phone cases sold and y is the number of tablet cases sold.  

    Change the equation into slope-intercept form. Identify the slope and y-intercept of the equation. Be sure to show all of your work.

anonymous · Answer

1200=2x+3y
0=2x+3y-1200
-3y=2x-1200
divide everything by (-3)
y=(-2/3)x+400
m (slope)= -2/3
b (y intercept)= 400
:)

lena772 · Answer

That's it?

anonymous · Answer

yep! to put an equation into slope intercept form, all you need to do is isolate y and you have your equation!

lena772 · Answer

Thanks for the help