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The solution is not a number, but a line. Graph it.

x - 3y = -9

standard form is y=mb+c so solve for y

-3y = -x + -9

y = (1/3)x + 3

This gives the slope of (1/3) and the y-intercept of 3.

All (x,y) coordinates along this line are solutions to the equation.■

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