Question

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What is the slope of the line whose equation is –48 = 2x − 8y?

Answer 1

Hi!, to find the slope, we have to change the equation to slope intercept form.\[y=mx+b\]

Answer 2

How do we do that?

Answer 3

And what does the "m" in the formula you just stated stand for.

Answer 4

m stands for slope

Answer 5

you have to solve for y to put it in the slope intercept form

Answer 6

Alright.

Answer 7

let me know what you get and i'll send how i did it

Answer 8

Ok.

Answer 9

Let's do this shall we?
\[-48=2x-8y\]
add 8y to both sides.\[-48+8y=2x\]
Now, we're going to add 48 to both sides in order to get the y alone.\[8y=2x-48\]
From here, we have to divide all numbers by 8, so that we have just y.
\[y=\frac{ 2 }{ 8 }x-\frac{ 48 }{ 8 }\]
We can simplify this, so we get\[y=\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }x+6\]
Remember, m is the slope, so as you can see, the slope of the line would be \[\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }\]

Answer 10

That's it! That is the answer :) Hope I helped.

Answer 11

Mind if I take a screenshot of your response to use later? @steve816

Answer 12

Sure!

Answer 13

theres another just in case you need it lol

Answer 14

Alright thank you.

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