stl_girl123 answered Wednesday March 7 2007, 9:53 pm: "you sort the x's and y's so that the y is alone for example if the problem was 9x +3y = 33 you would subtract 9x from both sides so ou have 3y=-9x+33 then you would have to divide everything by the value of y which is (3) so it would become y=-3x+11"
you wouldnt divide by y you would divide everything by 3, so you would get y=-3x+11..and then 11 is your y intercept and -3 is your slope. (This is slope-intercept form).
cheerbabe22 answered Wednesday March 7 2007, 8:47 pm: you sort the x's and y's so that the y is alone for example if the problem was 9x +3y = 33 you would subtract 9x from both sides so ou have 3y=-9x+33 then you would have to divide everything by the value of y which is (3) so it would become y=-3x+11 [ cheerbabe22's advice column | Ask cheerbabe22 A Question ]
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