How do you find the slope and intercept to graph $2x + y = 4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T17:56:03

intercept on x-axis = 2
intercept on y-axis = 4
$m=-2$

$2x+y=4$
$(2x)/4+y/4=1$
$x/2+y/4=1$
intercept on x-axis = 2
intercept on y-axis = 4
$2x+y=4$
$y=4-2x$
$y=-2x+4$
so, $m=-2=slope$

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