What is the slope of the line $y-4 = 1/4(x+2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-02T14:16:49

$m=1/4$

The equation of the line in slope-intercept form is

$y=mx+b$

Arrange your equation to match that form

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

$y=1/4x+1/2 + 4$

$y = 1/4x + 9/2$

Compare this with the slope-intercept form to get

$"slope" = m = 1/4$

What is the slope of the line y-4 = 1/4(x+2)y-4 = 1/4(x+2)?