find the slope? is it x?
x+4y=8
4y=x+8
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You have to divide both sides by 4 to isolate y, then the slop will be the coefficient of x.
so whats the slope?
is it 2?
I didn't notice until now, but oyu moved the terms wrong.
original:
x+4y=8
-> 4y = -x + 8
Divide each side by 4 to isolate y:
y = -(1/4)x + 2
In the form y = mx + b (y-intercept form), m is the slop. So slope = -1/4.
To find the slope of a linear equation, we need to rewrite it in slope-intercept form, which is in the form of y = mx + b. In this equation, m represents the slope of the line.
Let's start with the given equation: x + 4y = 8.
To isolate the y-term, we need to move the x-term to the other side of the equation.
Subtracting x from both sides, we get: 4y = -x + 8.
Now, we can divide the entire equation by 4 to solve for y: y = (-1/4)x + 2.
Comparing this equation with the slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), we can see that the coefficient of x (-1/4) represents the slope of the line.
Therefore, the slope of the line represented by the equation x + 4y = 8 is -1/4.