How do you find the slope and intercept for $x-4y=-8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-28T05:24:17

$"Slope"=1/4$
$"Intercept"=2$

$x-4y=-8$

Isolate y in the equation to get slope-intercept form of the equation:

Subtract x from each side:
$-4y=-x-8$

Divide each side by $-4$ :
$y=1/4x+2$

$m=1/4$
$b=2$

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