Find the slope of X+3y=-6

Answer 1

f(x)=mx+b

y=mx+b

x+3y=-6

to obtain y the equation will be

3y=-x-6

y=-1/3x-2

Answer: m is the slope and will be 1/3

Answer 2

for an equation of the line of the form ax + by = c, the slope is -a/b.

thus for x + 3y = -6, a = 1, b = 3 and the slope is -1/3.