What is the slope of -8x - 2y=-16 with steps

Question

i need help this is very hard for me to do please help me if you can thank you so much.

 

Answer 1

Hi Derek;

This is Standard Format of an equation...

Ax+By=C

neither A nor B equal zero, and A is greater than zero.

-8x - 2y=-16

A is -8, NOT greater than zero.  Let's fix that by multiplying both sides by -1...

-1(-8x - 2y)=-16(-1)

8x+2y=16

Slope of an equation in Standard format is -A/B...

-(8/2)

-4.

Slope is -4.