y-4=1/2(x+3)

Question

I need help solving this slope intercept form question

Answer 1

There are three things to do here.

 

First, do you know what slope-intercept form is? It is an equation of the form y = m*x + b. That means you have to isolate the y on one side of the equation, and get x multiplied by only a constant plus a constant on the other side.

 

To do that, takes two steps:

 

First, apply the distributive law to 1/2 * (x + 3). Do you know the distributive law? It applies in a case like this: 2 * (x + 1) = 2x + 1.

 

Second, eliminate the -4 on the left-hand side of the equation. How would you solve x - 3 = 0? Apply the same logic to your problem.

 

Good luck,

 

Bryce