Find the Slope and y-intercept 2x-3y=8

$2 x - 3 y = 8$

Step 1

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Subtract $2 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$- 3 y = 8 - 2 x$

Divide each term in $- 3 y = 8 - 2 x$ by $- 3$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 3 y = 8 - 2 x$ by $- 3$ .

$\frac{- 3 y}{- 3} = \frac{8}{- 3} + \frac{- 2 x}{- 3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 3 y}{- 3} = \frac{8}{- 3} + \frac{- 2 x}{- 3}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{8}{- 3} + \frac{- 2 x}{- 3}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{8}{3} + \frac{- 2 x}{- 3}$

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$y = - \frac{8}{3} + \frac{2 x}{3}$

Write in $y = m x + b$ form.

Reorder $- \frac{8}{3}$ and $\frac{2 x}{3}$ .

$y = \frac{2 x}{3} - \frac{8}{3}$

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{2}{3} x - \frac{8}{3}$

Step 2

Use the slope-intercept form to find the slope and y-intercept.

Find the values of $m$ and $b$ using the form $y = m x + b$ .

$m = \frac{2}{3}$

$b = - \frac{8}{3}$

The slope of the line is the value of $m$ , and the y-intercept is the value of $b$ .

Slope: $\frac{2}{3}$

y-intercept: $(0, - \frac{8}{3})$

Slope: $\frac{2}{3}$

y-intercept: $(0, - \frac{8}{3})$

Step 3