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ACT Math: Coordinate Geometry Drill 3, Problem 4. Find the slope of the line.

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For a good time, solve this shmoopy question...

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What is the slope of a line with the equation 4x plus 2y equals 12?

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And here are your options...

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Okay, when in doubt put the equation into the standard point slope form of a line

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We want the Y over here and the left in the

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X over here on the right. So we can rewrite the equation

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as 2y equals -4x

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plus 12. We just subtracted 4x from both sides

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Now we need Y, not 2y, on the left dividing both sides by two

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and we have Y equals -2x plus six

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so the slope here is M which is...yeah negative 2 and the answer is A.

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