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Find the slope and y- intercepts of the line given by 3x+5y=45

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\huge\text{Slope: $\boxed{-(3)/(5)}$}\\\huge\text{$y$-intercept: $\boxed{9}$}

We need to convert this line to slope-intercept form, or
y=mx+b, where
m is the slope and
b is the y-intercept.


\begin{aligned}3x+5y&=45&&\smash\Big&&\text{Start with the original equation.}\\5y&=-3x+45&&\smash\Big&&\text{Subtract $3x$ from both sides.}\\y&=\boxed{-(3)/(5)}x+\boxed{9}&&\smash\Big&&\text{Divide everything by $5$.}\end{aligned}

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