What is the slope-intercept form of 8x - 4y = 16 ?

1 Answer
Apr 16, 2016

2

Explanation:

Make sure that the standard form turns into slope-intercept form (which is y = mx + b).

Therefore, bring 8x to the other side of the equal sign by subtracting it from both sides.
8x - 8x - 4y = 16 - 8x
-4y = 16 - 8x

Isolate y by dividing all of the terms by -4.
(-4y = 16 - 8x)/(-4)

y = -6 + 2x

Remember that in y = mx + b, the m represents the slope.

In this case, 2 is the coefficient with x.

Therefore, the slope is 2.