SOLUTION: How do I find the slope of the line that has the equation 4x+2y=12?

Question 174965: How do I find the slope of the line that has the equation 4x+2y=12?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, ptaylor:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the slope of the line that has the equation 4x+2y=12
2x + y = 6
y = -2x + 6
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slope = -2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4x+2y=12
First, we need to put this equation into slope-intercept form which is:
y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept(value of y when x=0)
Subtract 4x from each side:
4x-4x+2y=-4x+12 collect like terms:
2y=-4x+12 divide each term by 2
y=-2x+6 so the slope is -2
Does this help?---ptaylor
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