SOLUTION: what is the slope of y=1/2x-3?

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Question 101579: what is the slope of y=1/2x-3?
Answer by doukungfoo(195) About Me  (Show Source):
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The equation of a line in slope intercept form is:
y = mx + b
m is the slope of the line
and b is the y intercept of the line

so the question asked is
What is the slope of y=1/2x-3
The equation of this line is already in slope intercept form so all we have
to do is identify which part is the slope.
we know that for y = mx + b
that m is the slope
so in y = 1/2x - 3
the slope is 1/2