How do you find the slope and y intercept for $x + 2 y = 3$ $x + 2y=3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-07T22:26:07

Re-arrange your terms into the form $y = m x + b$ $y = mx +b$ then $m$ $m$ will be the slope and $b$ $b$ will be the y-intercept

$x + 2 y = 3$ $x+2y = 3$

$2 y = - x + 3$ $2y = -x +3$

$y = - \frac{1}{2} x + \frac{3}{2}$ $y = -1/2x +3/2$

The slope is $- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$ and the y-intercept is $\frac{3}{2}$ $3/2$

How do you find the slope and y intercept for x + 2y=3x+2y=3x + 2y=3?