How do you find the slope and intercept of $y - 6 = -2x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-18T10:01:08

slope $m=-2$
y-intercept $=6$

Given -

$y-6=-2x$

Solve it for $y$

$y=6-2x$

The equation is in the slope - intercept form $y=mx+c$

Its slope is the co-efficient of $x$

Its y-intercept is constant term

y-intercept $=6$

How do you find the slope and intercept of y - 6 = -2x y - 6 = -2x ?