Question

How would you find the slope and y-intercept of
y = -2/3x -12

Answer 1

y = slope x + intercept

Answer 2

Y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the intercept

Answer 3

With the above knowledge, you can solve this by inspection.

Answer 4

does anyone have an actual example

Answer 5

It is driving me absolutely mad

Answer 6

Use the problem as an example. What is m the slope. You know it is the coefficient of x!

Answer 7

there is a number in the place for "slope"; what number is that?

Answer 8

there is a number in place of the intercept, what number is that?

Answer 9

-4, -10 does this make sense?

Answer 10

not quite, at least not with the problem you provided

Answer 11

Dont I just plug in my own numbers?

Answer 12

y = -2/3 x + -12
y = slope x + intercept

Answer 13

this question is designed to get you to become familiar with the form of the equation; not any particular points on it

Answer 14

slope intercept uses the slope and the intercept as part of the equation itself

Answer 15

oh my gosh, okay, thank you! I wil keep working until I get it

Answer 16

good luck :)

Answer 17

When the line equation is in slope intercept form, as is the one you are working with, the coefficient of x is the slope, the constant is the intercept. They are there in your equation, just pick them out.

Answer 18

So what radar is saying is that you don't need to do anything. The answer is right in front of you. Many times in math we complicate things too much and many times the answer is right in front of us.

Answer 19

So in this case m is the slope. so what is M? Then what is B since B is the y intercept?

Answer 20

Maybe this will help y= (m)x + (b)

Answer 21

oh my gosh, thank you so much, my daughter is here helping me and it is right in front of my face! That is so true, Mathdude!!

Answer 22

Thank you so much, Radar...it is slowly....very very slowly coming together!

Answer 23

Sorry, I have been out of school for so long, I have forgotten!