Question

Please help!

What is the slope of the line 4x – 8y – 16 = 0 in simplest form?

Answer 1

make it like that y = mx + c. How can you do it?
first step is-
8y = 4x - 16. Can you do it further?

Answer 2

You are to find the slope of the given line.
As baljeet16 suggests, you could solve the given equation for y and quickly pick out the slope, m, from your result.

Answer 3

Im not sure, ill try, one sec

Answer 4

Please share your work. I could give you much more meaningful feedback if you did that.

Answer 5

Ohhh so the answer would be 4x then?

Answer 6

I will gladly comment on your work. I will not comment on "answers."

Answer 7

Y should not have any coefficient look at this y = mx + c.

Answer 8

If it is 8y = 4x - 16 then the 4x would be in place of the m in y=mx+c

Answer 9

Note: Slope m does not contain the variable x.
You must find a value for m alone.

Answer 10

So it would just be 4 then

Answer 11

Need to see your work, please.

4x – 8y – 16 = 0

Add 8y to both sides of this equation. Share your results.

Answer 12

y = mx + c
8y = 4x - 16

What is the difference between the two?
How can you make the second equation similar to 1.

Answer 13

4x-8y-16=0
+8y +8y
4x-16=8y

But then that moves the 4x out of place so im not sure

Answer 14

No, you are correct.

Now, please divide every term by 8, to isolate y.

Answer 15

Would you just divide the 8y because the others arent like terms

Answer 16

4x-y-16+0 would be the equation if so

Answer 17

Like terms have no bearing here.

Start with your 4x-16=8y (which is correct) and divide each of the 3 terms by 8.

Answer 18

Hint: -16 / 8 = - 2.

Do the same thing to the other 2 terms.

Answer 19

What is 4x divided by 8? 4x / 8 ? simplify. You can do nothing with the x...so leave it alone.

Answer 20

so then youd have 1/2-2=y ?

Answer 21

You must keep the x ... I did not mean to imply that you eliminate it. No.

Try again.

Answer 22

so 1/2x-2-y=0

Answer 23

yes thats right.

Answer 24

We want to solve for y, remember?

4x = -16=8y divide all terms by 8 to obtain (4/8)x - 2 = y.
The coefficient of x is your slope.

What is your slope? Call it 'm.' reduce it as much as possible.

Answer 25

All you need to do is to find m and type out its value.

m = ?

Answer 26

m does not include x; rather, m is the coefficient of the variable x in the most recent equation.

Answer 27

1/2?

Answer 28

yes. That's it. m=1/2. the slope is positive one half.

Answer 29

You must know how to go thru this procedure of solving for y and finding the slope, m.

Answer 30

Thank you :)

Answer 31

My pleasure. Bye!

Answer 32

Bye!