document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=367606>Question 367606</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope if it exists<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8y=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "need to know how to solve this problem and how to either write it out in integer or simplified fraction </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "you have to rewrite the equation in the form y = mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where m is the slope and b the y intercept.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8y=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add -x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-x+8y=-x+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8y= -x+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -x/8 +2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the slope is -(1/8)<BR>\n" );
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