document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255588>Question 255588</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope, if it exists.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x+y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If I'm using Slope Intercept Form (y=mx+b), m being slope, x being the variable you need to solve for, and b being the y intercept, is -2 the slope (m)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "add 2x to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=2 not -2 </SPAN>\n" );
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