Simplify equation

[Solar_blaze]

Hi I am not sure in which thread to post it but my question is how to simplify this equation ?
3Y-X-4=0
I need to find the slope in this equation I tried to do the following
3Y=X+4 but after this I am stuck can somebody help?

 

[Ishuda]

Hi I am not sure in which thread to post it but my question is how to simplify this equation ?
3Y-X-4=0
I need to find the slope in this equation I tried to do the following
3Y=X+4 but after this I am stuck can somebody help?

One form of the equation giving the slope is
y = m x + b
where m is the slope. How would you get your equation in that form?

 

[Solar_blaze]

X is the slope ?

 

[Ishuda]

X is the slope ?

No, the coefficient for x (which is m) is the slope if the coefficient for y is 1. Notice that your equation is the same as
3 y = x + 4
so that the coefficient for y in your equation is 3. What would you multiply the equation by to get a 1 for the coefficient of 1 for y? What would that then make the coefficient of x?

Another, possibly easier, way to compute the slope is that for the equation
a y + b x + c = 0
the slope is -b/a if a is not zero and infinite if a is zero.

 

[Steven G]

X is the slope ?

You're original question was to find the slope even though you do not know what a slope is? Why not asked first. In simple terms, the slope of a line is how steep the line is. If the slope is 0 then the line is horizontal. If the slope is 1/4 then it is not very steep. If the slope is 10, then the line is very steep. You also have negative slopes. Please do a google search for slopes. In the equation y=mx+b the slope is m. Every time you increase x by 1, note that y increases by m (assume m>0). If m is large, then y increases much when x increases by 1 and the line is steep. If m is small, then if x increases by 1, y increases a little and hence the line is not very steep.