Question

How do you find the slope of the line whose equation is x - 6y + 12 = 0?

Answer 1

Convert the equation in the standard form `y=mx+q`. Once these manipulations are done, you'll have that the slope is `m`.

So, starting from `x-6y+12=0`, add `6y` at both sides, to get `x+12=6y`. From here, divide both sides by 6, and you have
`x/6+2=y`, which of course is equal to
`y=1/6 x +2`.

So, `m=1/6` and `q=2` (which is actually irrelevant from your point of view. The slope is thus `1/6`.