Answer:
Slope = -3/4
Y - intercept = -3
Step-by-step explanation:
y = mx + b
mx = slope
b = intercept
1. Simplify the equation
4y = -3x - 12
2. Divide both sides by 4
y = -3/4 x - 3
3. Make a graph
First start at the y-intercept, (0, -3)*
Then, use the pattern -3/4
It is called rise over run.
But, when the slope is negative you have to go down instead of up. So you have to go down 3 and 4 to the right.
Continue that pattern until you get your result.
But when you have to go to the upper part of the graph go up 3 and over 4 to the left.
Continue this pattern.
This also applies to other graphs.
* = remember a y-intercept always has a 0 as the x - coordinate.
Hope this helped,
Kavitha
