What is the slope of the line represented by 9x+3y=5?

Answer 1

To find the slope you have to first put the equation in the form y = mx + b.

To do this, simply solve for y. If you solve for y correctly, you should get a slope of -3

Answer 2

The equation of a line is typically written as y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Therefore, we must get this equation to look like a typical equation of a line:

9x + 3y = 5 original equation

3y = -9x + 5 subtract 9x from both sides

y = (-9x + 5)/3 divide both sides by 3

y = -3x + 5/3 result

Now we are in the form y = mx + b and we can see that m, the slope, corresponds to the value -3. Therefore, the slope of this line is -3.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

slope form is y = mx + b and the slope is m

We must put 9x + 3y = 5 in the form of y = mx + b

3y = -9x + 5

y = -3x + 5/3

Slope is -3