Question

12x + 2y =6a. solve for yb. what is the slope and what is the y-intercept?

Answer 1

The equation of a line in the slope intercept form is expressed as

y = mx + c

where

m represents slope

c represents y intercept

The given equation is

12x + 2y = 6

we would make this equation to look like the slope intercept equation.

12x + 2y = 6

If we subtract 12x from both sides of the equation, it becomes

12x - 12x + 2y = 6 - 12x

2y = 6 - 12x

2y = - 12x + 6

Dividing both sides of the equation by 2, it becomes

y = - 6x + 3

Thus, by comparing with the slope intercept equation,

slope = - 6

y intercept = 3