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Is the line description for x+3y=1 slanted downwards?

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Answer: yes, it is

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User Seonjeong
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Yes it is (and instead of saying downwards, it's clearer to say that as the x value increases, y decrease).
If you chance the formula into y = mx +b form, you get y = -1/3 + 1/3, and since m, or the slope, is negative, the line will decrease from right to left across the graph
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