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What is the slope and y-intercept of x/3= -y+2 and how?????

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subtract 2 from both sides

then you get -y equals 1/3x -2 so you have to flip the sign of the entire equation because you can’t have a negative line

so you get y = -1/3x + 2

the y-intercept is (0,2)

the slope is -1/3x (aka -x/3)
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