What is the slope of $12=-12y+12x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-27T20:47:00

The slope (gradient) is +1

divide both sides by 12

$1=-y+x$

Swap the $1 and -y$ but change their signs

$y=-1+x$

Write in standard format

$y=x-1$

Just so that you can see what is happening; this is the same as

$y=(1xx x)-1$

So the slope (gradient) is 1

What is the slope of 12=-12y+12x12=-12y+12x?