SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line that has the equation 4x + 2y =12? Can someone help me please?

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Question 5809: What is the slope of the line that has the equation 4x + 2y =12? Can someone help me please?
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Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation 4+x+%2B+2+y+=+12 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+-4%2F2.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 12/4 = 3.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 12/2 = 6.
  • Slope is -4/2 = -2.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=-2*x+6.
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