What is the slope and intercept of $y = 1/2x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-24T13:57:48

The slope is $color(red)(m) = 1/2$

The y-intercept is $color(blue)(b) = 0$ or (0, 0)

This equation is in the slope intercept form.

The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is:

$y = color(red)(m)x + color(blue)(b)$

Where $color(red)(m)$ is the slope and $color(blue)(b)$ is the y-intercept value.

For this equation:

$y = color(red)(1/2)x + color(blue)(0)$

What is the slope and intercept of y = 1/2xy = 1/2x?