Both clues give you the same information. Neither gives you enough to answer the question.
In response to the first clue you have y = mx + m/3. You still have no information about the value of m.
You can manipulate the first clue to get the second.
Using the equation y = mx + m/3, the x intercept is calculated by letting y = 0. You get:
0 = mx + m/3 - which becomes:
mx = -m/3
Divide both sides by m you get x = -1/3.
Since both clues give you the same information and the first was insufficient, , you cannot put them together to solve the problem.
Tani Wolff
