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Question 271836: i need your help on this question: y= -x/2, its asking to give a slope and the y intercept of the line.
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need your help on this question: y= -x/2, its asking to give a slope and the y intercept of the line.
The standard slope-intercept form of a line is y = mx + b. In this form m is the slope and b is the value of y where the line intercepts the y-axis (that is when x=0).
The equation above
y = -x/2 can be rewritten as:
y = -(1/2)*x + 0
In this form the slope m = -1/2 and the intercept is (0,0)