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Find slope of 2x-4y + 7=0

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Answer:

1/2

Explanation:

The first thing you want to do is get y by itself. Subtract 7 from both sides:

2x-4y=-7

and then subtract 2x ( the goal is to make your equation look like this: y=mx+b):

-4y= -2x-7

Now, y is mostly isolated, all you have to do now is divide both sides by -4 in order for y to be completely by itself:

y=-2/-4x -7/-4

Simplify completely:

y=1/2x+7/4

Now you have your equation you can easily read it as y=mx+b.

** m is slope & b is the y-intercept**

So your slope would be: 1/2

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