Question

How do you find the slope and y intercept of `x + 3y = 12`?

Answer 1

Subtract `x` from both sides to get:

`3y=-x+12`

Divide both sides by `3` to get:

`y = (-1/3)x+4`

This is of the standard slope intercept form `y = mx+c` with slope `m=-1/3` and intercept `c = 4`.