What is the slope and the y

-intercept of the equation 9 + 27/2x = −3/2y
. Write the y
-intercept as an ordered pair.

1 answer

To find the slope and the \( y \)-intercept of the equation \( 9 + \frac{27}{2}x = -\frac{3}{2}y \), we need to rearrange it into the slope-intercept form, which is \( y = mx + b \), where \( m \) is the slope and \( b \) is the \( y \)-intercept.

Starting with the given equation:

\[ 9 + \frac{27}{2}x = -\frac{3}{2}y \]

First, we can isolate \( y \) by multiplying through by \(-1\):

\[ -\left(9 + \frac{27}{2}x\right) = \frac{3}{2}y \]

This simplifies to:

\[ -\frac{27}{2}x - 9 = \frac{3}{2}y \]

Now, we can multiply everything by \(\frac{2}{3}\) to solve for \( y \):

\[ y = -\frac{27}{2} \cdot \frac{2}{3} x - 9 \cdot \frac{2}{3} \]

Calculating the coefficients gives:

\[ y = -\frac{27 \cdot 2}{2 \cdot 3} x - 6 = -\frac{27}{3} x - 6 = -9x - 6 \]

Now our equation in slope-intercept form is:

\[ y = -9x - 6 \]

From this, we can identify the slope \( m \) and the \( y \)-intercept \( b \):

  • Slope \( m \): \(-9\)
  • \( y \)-intercept \( b \): \(-6\)

The \( y \)-intercept as an ordered pair (where \( x = 0 \)) is:

\((0, -6)\)

Thus, the final answers are:

  • Slope: \(-9\)
  • \( y \)-intercept: \((0, -6)\)