Given an equation of the form:
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=mx+b \\ m=\text{slope} \\ b=y-\text{intercept} \end{gathered}[/tex]For the line:
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=\frac{4}{9}x-\frac{2}{3} \\ m=\text{slope}=\frac{4}{9} \\ b=-\frac{2}{3} \end{gathered}[/tex]