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Did I mess up on any of the steps?( I was trying to turn 8x-4y=20 into slope intercept form)

Did I mess up on any of the steps?( I was trying to turn 8x-4y=20 into slope intercept-example-1
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In the second step, 8x was subtracted from both sides of the equation. This should give us

- 4y = 20 - 8x

- 4y = - 8x + 20

Dividing both sides of the equation by - 4, it becomes

- 4y/- 4 = - 8x/- 4 + 20/- 4

y = 2x - 5

The step was actually wrong though the final answer was correct

By following your step, the final answer should be y = 2x + 5 and this is wrong

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