How do you find the slope and y-intercept given 8y-2x=58y2x=5?

1 Answer
Jul 11, 2015

The slope is 1/414 and the yy-intercept is at (0,5/80,58).

Explanation:

First, you rearrange the equation into the "slope-intercept" form to get yy by itself on the left hand side and all the other terms on the right hand side.

8y – 2x = 5

8y = 2x + 5

y = 2/8x + 5/8

y = 1/4x + 5/8

The "slope-intercept" form of a straight line equation is

y = mx + b,

where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

If we compare the two equations, we see that m = 1/4 and b = 5/8.

So the slope is 1/4 and the y-intercept is at (0,5/8).

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