What is the slope of the line 6y + 2x = 18 in simplest form?

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princeharryyy · Answer

-2/6 = -1/3

zale101 · Answer

@Mathisnotfun! show your attempt on this problem so i can know were you went wrong.

zale101 · Answer

Did you try to set up the equation  6y + 2x = 18 into the slope intercept form y=mx+b?

anonymous · Answer

I just have problems with all of these type of math problems. I simply don't get any of it.

zale101 · Answer

The question wants you to find the slope of this equation  6y + 2x = 18. Once you set it up to y=mx+b where m is the slope. To do that, you try to solve the equation for y.
$\large  6y + 2x = 18$
subtract 2x to both sides to isolate 6y
$\large  6y + 2x-2x = 18-2x$
$\large  6y = 18-2x$
reorder the terms to get 6y=-2x+18

zale101 · Answer

$\large  6y  = -2x+18$
Bow, you try to reduce y by dividing everything by 6
$\large\frac{ 6y}{6}  = \frac {-2x}{6}+\frac{18}{6}$
$\large y = \frac {-2x}{6}+3$

zale101 · Answer

Now*

zale101 · Answer

clear so far?

zale101 · Answer

$\large y=-\frac{2}{6}x+3$
is the slope intercept form of the equation 6y + 2x = 18.

zale101 · Answer

I feel like i'm being ignored :(