What is the slope and y-intercept of the line $Y=1/2x-3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-17T17:40:45

Slope is $1/2$
y-intercept is $(0,-3)$

The slope intercept formula for the equation of a line is
$y=mx+b$

Where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y value of the point of the intercept.

For the equation $y=1/2x -3$

$m = 1/2$
$b=-3$

Making the slope $1/2$ and the point of the y-intercept is $(0,-3)$

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line Y=1/2x-3Y=1/2x-3?