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What is the slope of the line with the equation 16 + x = -4y

User Tom Hale
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Answer:

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(1)/(4)

Explanation:

You are looking for the slope of the equation. The easiest way to do this would be to look for the slop in slope-intercept form, y=mx+b. Lets start converting our equation!

16 + x = -4y

First, lets flip our equation around the '=', so we can already see the future flow of slope-intercept form!

-4y = x + 16

Now, we need to get rid of the -4 in front of the y value! Lets do this by dividing both terms on the right by -4. (Key tip: Remember, the x has a 1 in front of it!

y = -1/4x - 4

Finally, we can see that our slope is going to be -1/4.

Hope this helps!

User Ashif Nataliya
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Answer:

m= -1/4

Explanation:

User Assaf Shomer
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