SOLUTION: what is the slope and y intercept of the line 14x+4y=24 and can you explain how to get the slope and y intercept?

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Question 173983: what is the slope and y intercept of the line 14x+4y=24 and can you explain how to get the slope and y intercept?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
put this in slope intercept form which is y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept
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4y=-14x+24
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y=(-14/4)x+6--->y=%28-7%2F2%29x+6
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now it is easy to see our goals
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m or slope = -7/2 and b or y intercept is 6