How do you find the slope of 3x-y=0?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-08T01:22:23

slope is #3#

We can put this linear equation into slope intercept form to find the slope :)

#y = mx + b#, where

#m# - the slope

to do this, we want to get positive "y" all alone on one side
so add "y" to both sides of the given equation

#3x - y = 0#

becomes

#3x = y#

#y = 3x + 0#

compared to

#y = mx + b#

#m = 3#, therefore the slope is equal to #3#