SOLUTION: Please help explain how to find the slope and y - intercept of the equation 4y-x=3

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Question 379970: Please help explain how to find the slope and y - intercept of the equation
4y-x=3
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form.
Transpose -x to the right side: 4y = x + 3;
Divide both sides by 4: y = x/4 + 3/4.
This is already in slope-intercept form. Thus slope is 1/4, and the y-intercept is 3/4.