SOLUTION: 7x-4y=-8 slope=? y intercept=?

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Question 853156: 7x-4y=-8 slope=? y intercept=?
Answer by harpazo(655) About Me  (Show Source):
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Rewrite in the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
7x-4y=-8
Isolate y to write in the form stated above.
-4y = -7x - 8
y = (-7x-8)/-4
y = (7/4)x + 2
The slope is (7/4) and the y-intercept is 2.
Understand?