How do you find the slope and intercept for $8x-2y=14$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-07T06:30:23

Slope $m=4$
y-intercept $-7$
x-intercept $7/4$

Given -

$8x-2y=14$

It is in the form

$ax+by=c$

If a linear equation is in this form, then -

It slope is $(-a)/b$

In our case, we shall use this formula

$m=(-8)/(-2)=4$

To find the y-intercept put $x=0$

$8(0)-2y=14$
$-2y=14$
$y=14/(-2)=-7$

To find the x-intercept put $y=0$

$8x-2(0)=14$
$8x=14$
$x=14/8=7/4$

How do you find the slope and intercept for 8x-2y=148x-2y=14?