How do you find the slope and intercept of #y - 6 = -2x #?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-18T10:01:08

slope #m=-2#
y-intercept #=6#

Given -

#y-6=-2x#

Solve it for #y#

#y=6-2x#

The equation is in the slope - intercept form #y=mx+c#

Its slope is the co-efficient of #x#

Its y-intercept is constant term

y-intercept #=6#