Question

What is the equation of the line x–3y=18 in slope-intercept form?


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Answer 1

welcome to openstudy!

Answer 2

@triciaal can you help me please

Answer 3

first of all, can you tell me what slope-intercept form is?

Answer 4

Like without any numbers whatsoever, what does the slope-intercept form look like?

Answer 5

@KatieWayne1975

Answer 6

x-3y=18 this is it

Answer 7

@ShadowLegendX

Answer 8

you want to manipulate the equation so that you are effectively solving for y

Answer 9

that was a good question. Jamie wants to be sure you know what form your answer must have.

It's "slope-intercept form," so must look like y=mx+b.
m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

Your x-3y=18 is in Standard Form, or close to it; your job is to convert this to Slope-Intercept form." Hint: just solve x-3y=18 for y. Show your work.

Answer 10

Slope intercept form is.
Y = mx + b
So.isolate y and you'll get your expression

Answer 11

@KatieWayne1975 do you understand what we're wanting you to do?

So you are given x-3y=18. We want you to find y, because the slope-intercept form is this:
y=mx+b, where m and b are simply numbers

Answer 12

correct, jamie, but do you realize that part of what you're sharing here simply repeats information given out earlier?

Answer 13

I was just trying to connect it all together, hopefully make it clearer.

Answer 14

I'm not sure what more I can do, as this problem involves basic variable solving at this point.