How do you find the slope and y intercept for $x + 2y=3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-07T22:26:07

Re-arrange your terms into the form $y = mx +b$ then $m$ will be the slope and $b$ will be the y-intercept

$x+2y = 3$

$2y = -x +3$

$y = -1/2x +3/2$

The slope is $-1/2$ and the y-intercept is $3/2$

How do you find the slope and y intercept for x + 2y=3x + 2y=3?