SOLUTION: What is the slope and y-intercept of 2x+4y=16

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Question 642005: What is the slope and y-intercept of 2x+4y=16
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the slope and y-intercept of 2x+4y=16
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Solve for "y":
4y = -2x+16
y = (-1/2)x + 4
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slope = -1/2
intercept = 4
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Solve your equation for in terms of everything else, which is to say: rearrange your equation into the form:

Then the slope is the coefficient on and the -intercept is the point

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