Question

How do you find the slope and intercept of `y = 0.5x`?

Answer 1

The slope is `1/2` and the intercept is `(0,0)`.

Explanation:

The slope is whatever number is next to `x` and the intercept is other the number that is either added or subtracted from the `x` term. Just remember

`y = mx+b`

The slope is `m` as a fraction and the intercept is `(0,b)`.

So for example, if you have

`y=4x+7`

the slope would be `4/1` (rise `4`, run `1`) and the intercept would be `(0,7)`.