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

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-19T19:38:39

The equation is given in the form, $y = m x + c$ $y=mx+c$ ; where $m$ $m$ is the slope and $c$ $c$ is the y-intercept.

$y = - \frac{1}{2} x + 4$ $y = -1/2x+4$

therefore comparing we get, $s l o p e, m = - \frac{1}{2}$ $slope, m = -1/2$

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