How do you find the slope and intercept of $2/3x+1/6y=2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-01T01:20:25

Intercept: 12

$2/3x+1/6y=2$ (Subtract $2/3x$ from both sides)

$1/6y=-2/3x+2$ (Now multiply both sides by 6)

$y=-4x+12$

The slope is the coefficient in front of x.(-4)

The intercept is the number with no variable (12)

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