Question

How do you find the slope and y-intercept for the line `y = 5 – 1/2x`?

Answer 1

The slope is `-1/2`, the `y`-intercept is `5`.

Explanation:

You are in a lucky case for solving this exercise: when a line is written in the form

`y=mx+q`, you automatically get that `m` is the slope and `q` is the `y`-intercept (the form `y=mx+q` is indeed called "slope-intercept form").