SOLUTION: Find the slope if it exists x+8y=16 I cannot seem to get linear equations there are just too many different things that can be done. I am completely frustrated

Question 243527: Find the slope if it exists x+8y=16 I cannot seem to get linear equations there are just too many different things that can be done. I am completely frustrated
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, College Student:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation.

Subtract from both sides.

Rearrange the terms.

Divide both sides by to isolate y.

Break up the fraction.

Reduce.

So the equation is now in slope intercept form where the slope is and the y-intercept is note: the y-intercept is the point

Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The Slope-Intercept Form of a Line is expressed this way: , where m=slope.
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Our goal is to make the equation given to you look like the one I just presented to you. The y value must not have a coefficient. A missing coefficient is understood to be 1 (as any number multiplied by 1 equals to itself, we therefore don't write 1 as a coefficient. For example: 1y = y.
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Now, let's work the problem:

<--- this is the slope-intercept form for this equation.
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Since m = slope, our slope here is
Done!
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