document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71347>Question 71347</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130519669/algebrahomeworkh>(prentice hall) algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me find the slope of x+4y=8. The book's directions say find the slope of each line by solving for y. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4y=-x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x/4+8/-4 (y=mx+b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x/4-2 thus the slope (m) is -1/4. <BR>\n" );
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