How do you find m and b given $-3x+y=6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-11T15:15:12

Solve for $y$ to put in slope-intercept form:

To find $m$ and $b$ solve for $y$ to put this equation in slope intercept form.

$color(red)(3x) - 3x + y = color(red)(3x) + 6$

$0 + y = color(red)(3x) + 6$

$y = 3x + 6$

The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is:

$y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)$

Where $color(red)(m)$ is the slope and $color(blue)(b$ is the y-intercept value.

$y = color(red)(3)x + color(blue)(6)$

The slope is $color(red)(m = 3)$

The y-intercept is $color(blue)(b = 6)$ or (0, 6)

How do you find m and b given -3x+y=6-3x+y=6?