How do you find the slope and y intercept for $\frac{1}{2} x + \frac{1}{4} y = 3$ $1/2x+1/4y=3$ ?

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How do you find the slope and y intercept for $\frac{1}{2} x + \frac{1}{4} y = 3$ $1/2x+1/4y=3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-17T01:17:14

Slope $m = - 2$ $m=-2$ ;
Y intercept $= 12$ $=12$

Explanation:

I would write it into Slope-Intercept form by isolating $y$ $y$ on one side as:
$y = - 2 x + 12$ $y=-2x+12$
Now it is in the form: $y = m x + c$ $y=mx+c$
Where $m = - 2$ $m=-2$ is the slope and $c = 12$ $c=12$ is the y intercept.

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