Question

What is the slope of the line represented by the equation y=x/3-5

a. 1/3
b. -5
c. 3
d. -3/5

Answer 1

a. 1/3

Explanation:

y=x/3-5 (rewrite x - term)

y = (1/3) x + 5

recall that in the slope-intercept form of a linear equation y = mx + b

m is the slope.

In our case, we can clearly see that slope m = (1/3)