Question

Find the slope of the line whose equation is 6x - 3y = 12.

Answer 1

Hi there! The answer is 2.

To find the slope we must rewrite the equating in the following standard form:

`y = ax + b`
With a representing the slope.

We get the following:

`6x - 3y = 12`

Subtract 6x

`- 3y = - 6x + 12`

Divide by -3

`y = 2x - 4`

Now we can find our answer: the slope of the line is 2.