How do you write $2x+y=1$ into slope intercept form?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-11T00:01:13

$y=-2x+1$

Slope intercept form can be represented as $y=mx +b$
To get an equation into this form, we should try to get $y$ all alone.

From $2x+y=1$
we can subtract $2x$ from both sides
to get $=>y= -2x + 1$
which is now in slope intercept form :)

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