How do you find the slope of the line 2x-4y=1?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-20T09:14:18

$\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$

we need to rearrange the eqn. in the form

$y = m x + c$ $y=mx+c$

where $m = the slope/gradient$ $m=" the slope/gradient"$

$2 x - 4 y = 1$ $2x-4y=1$

$\Rightarrow 2 x = 4 y + 1$ $=>2x=4y+1$

$\Rightarrow 4 y = 2 x - 1$ $=>4y=2x-1$

$\Rightarrow y = \frac{2}{4} x \frac{\pm}{4}$ $=>y=2/4x+-/4$

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

$:. "slope "=1/2$