Question

Express the equation in slope-intercept form.

Answer 1

@freckles

Answer 2

we are looking at the equation 2x-8y=32 right?

Answer 3

ok we want to express that in y=mx+b form it looks like


anyways we basically need to solve for y

Answer 4

so isolate -8y by first subtracting 2x on both sides

Answer 5

can you do that first step ?

Answer 6

the first 2 steps are shown

Answer 7

they sorta are yes
but they have a ? mark in there

Answer 8

so I was asking if you could subtract 2x on both sides and show me what you have after doing that

Answer 9

im not realy sure cuz you cant subtract 2x when theres not even an x

Answer 10

im sorry i suck at math so bare with me /.\

Answer 11

2x-8y=32

subtract 2x on both sides

(2x-8y)-2x=32-2x

2x-8y-2x=-2x+32


Can you combine like terms on the left hand side?

Answer 12

4x-8y=-2x+32????????

Answer 13

so you are saying 2-2 is 4?

Answer 14

ok no its 0

Answer 15

2x-2x
(2-2)x
(0)x
0

so the equation should be
-8y=-2x+32
agreed?

Answer 16

yes agreed

Answer 17

now you are almost done solving for y

Answer 18

last step divide both sides by -8

Answer 19

y=14x−4???

Answer 20

now sure why you side -2/-8 is 14
but I agree that 32/-8 is -4

Answer 21

not sure*

Answer 22

-8/-2=4

so -2/-8=1/4

Answer 23

did you mean to write 1/4 instead of 14?

Answer 24

oops ya thats what i ment XD

Answer 25

\[y=\frac{1}{4}x-4\]

Answer 26

that looks good now

Answer 27

i dont know how to make it look like that so i just type it but thank you for your help:) if i need help on another ill tag you in it if thats okay with you?:)

Answer 28

ok sounds fine