How do you find the slope of #4y - 2x = -16#?

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How do you find the slope of #4y - 2x = -16#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-03T17:00:19

Slope would be #1/2#
Rewrite the equation as 4y= 2x -16. Now divide the equation by 4, to have y= #1/2#x-4. The coefficient of x, in this form of the equation, is the slope of the line represented by the equation. This is called the slope-intercept form of a line.

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