SOLUTION: slope of x/-2 + y/8 = 1

Question 399723: slope of x/-2 + y/8 = 1
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I recommend that you solve for y in order to write the equation in slope-intercept form.
x/-2 + y/8 =1
Multiply both sides by 8 to clear the fractions:
-4x + y = 8

Add +4x to each side:
y=4x+8

y=mx+b

The coefficient of x in this form is the slope. Slope m=4.

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