document.write( "Question 257804: find the slope x+2y=4 \n" ); document.write( "

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Solving for y, we can get the slope
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B2y=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "subtract x to get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2y=-x%2B4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "divide by 2 to get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y+=+%28-1%2F2%29x+%2B+2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The slope intercept form is
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y+=+mx+%2B+b\"$
\n" ); document.write( "matching these two equations, we see that
\n" ); document.write( "slope = m = (-1/2) \n" ); document.write( "

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