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Determine the rate of change fr -2y- 16x=41

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"Rate of change" is the same thing as slope. all you have to do is make the equation into y-intercept form:

-2y-16x=41
+16x +16x
-2y=16x+41
/-2 /-2 /-2
y=-8x-41/2

slope is -8

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