SOLUTION: Find the slope and y intercept of the graph of the eqation5x+8y=16 I tried canceling out 5x so i subtracted 5x from 5x and 16 so that will be 8y+16-5x I do not know what to do afte

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Question 757442: Find the slope and y intercept of the graph of the eqation5x+8y=16 I tried canceling out 5x so i subtracted 5x from 5x and 16 so that will be 8y+16-5x I do not know what to do after that
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Answer by John10(297) (Show Source):
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Find the slope and y intercept of the graph of the eqation5x+8y=16 I tried canceling out 5x so i subtracted 5x from 5x and 16 so that will be 8y+16-5x I do not know what to do after that
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Find the slope and y intercept of the graph of the equation 5x + 8y = 16
Great start!
You have 8y = 16 - 5x
Then you want eliminate "8" on the left side by dividing both sides by 8:
8y/8 = 16/8 - (5/8)x
y = 2 - (5/8)x
You know the slope-intercept formula is y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
You can find them from the equation y = (-5/8)x + 2.
Best of luck! John

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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y intercept is for x=0. Solve the equation for y and let x equal zero. You will also find that if solved for y, you may also have the equation in slope intercept form, allowing you to read the slope directly from the equation in this form.

That corresponds to the typical slope-intercept form equation written as in which m is the slope and b is the y intercept.