SOLUTION: What is the slope of any line parallel to the line formed by the equation 16x – 2y = 4

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Question 378131: What is the slope of any line parallel to the line formed by the equation 16x – 2y = 4
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, nyc_function:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the slope of the line since parallel lines have equal slopes.
Convert to slope-intercept form, y=mx%2Bb.
16x-2y=4
2y=16x-4
y=8x-2
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Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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Do you know what the slope of a line is? Do you know what makes two lines

parallel? Two lines are parallel if they share the same slope.


Solve your equation for y. The slope will be the coefficient of x.

16x – 2y = 4

-2y = -16x + 4

y = (-16x + 4)/-2

y = 8x - 2

Do you see the number next to x? That is your slope.

Any line that is parallel to y = 8x - 2 will have the same slope which is 8.

Understand?