How do you find the slope intercept form for x-intercept 3, y-intercept 2/3?

1 Answer
Jun 14, 2016

y=(29)x+(23).

Explanation:

Eqn. of a line having its X & Y intercepts a,b, resp., is xa+yb=1.

In our case, it is x3+y23=1, i.e., x3+(32)y=1, or, 2x+9y=6.

Now to transform this in slope-intercept form [y=mx+c], we rearrange it as 9y=2x+6, or, y=(29)x+(69), i.e., y=(29)x+(23).

Alternatively :-

We already know the Y-intercept of the line, (23).

So, we have to find its slope only.

Now, X-intercept is 3, means the line passes thro. the pt. (3,0).
Similarly, from Y-intercept, we get another pt. (0,23).
Using these pts., we compute the slope of the line as 23003=29.

With slope m=29 & Y-intercept c=23, the reqd. eqn. is y=(29)x+(23), as before!