# How do you find the slope given 2x-9y=18?

Slope is $\frac{2}{9}$.
In the general form of equation in the form $a x + b y + c = 0$ has slope $- \frac{a}{b}$, hence the slope of the equation $2 x - 9 y = 18$ is $- \frac{2}{-} 9$ or $\frac{2}{9}$
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