Question

How do you find the slope given 6x+3y=12?

Answer 1

`-2`

Explanation:

For a linear equation in standard form `y=mx+c`, the slope is `m` and the y-intercept is `c`.

In this case, the standard form of `6x+3y=12` is `y=-2x+4` and hence the slope is `-2`.

graph{-2x+4 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}