How do you find the slope and y intercept for $y = \frac{1}{2} x - 6$ $y= 1/2x-6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-30T10:55:49

In the linear equation:

$y = m x + c$ $y=mx+c$

$m$ $m$ = slope
$c$ $c$ = y intercept

In the equation:

$y = \frac{1}{2} x - 6$ $y=color(blue)(1/2)x color(red)(-6)$

slope is $\frac{1}{2}$ $color(blue)(1/2)$

intercept is $- 6$ $color(red)(-6)$

How do you find the slope and y intercept for y= 1/2x-6y=12x−6y= 1/2x-6?