How do you find the slope and intercept of $y = - \frac{1}{2} x + 4$ $y=-1/2x +4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-06T04:31:23

Slope: $- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$
Y-intercept: $4$ $4$

The equation of the line is given in Slope-Intercept Form.
This means that the equation is set up as follows:

$y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$

Where:
$y$ $y$ is the $y$ $y$ value or $f (x)$ $f(x)$
$x$ $x$ is the $x$ $x$ value
$m$ $m$ is the slope
and $b$ $b$ is the $y$ $y$ -intercept

So

$m = - \frac{1}{2}$ $m=-1/2$
and
$b = 4$ $b=4$

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