Find the Slope and y-intercept 7x-2y=-8

$7 x - 2 y = - 8$

Step 1

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Subtract $7 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$- 2 y = - 8 - 7 x$

Divide each term in $- 2 y = - 8 - 7 x$ by $- 2$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 2 y = - 8 - 7 x$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{- 2 y}{- 2} = \frac{- 8}{- 2} + \frac{- 7 x}{- 2}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 2 y}{- 2} = \frac{- 8}{- 2} + \frac{- 7 x}{- 2}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{- 8}{- 2} + \frac{- 7 x}{- 2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Divide $- 8$ by $- 2$ .

$y = 4 + \frac{- 7 x}{- 2}$

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$y = 4 + \frac{7 x}{2}$

Write in $y = m x + b$ form.

Reorder $4$ and $\frac{7 x}{2}$ .

$y = \frac{7 x}{2} + 4$

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{7}{2} x + 4$

Step 2

Use the slope-intercept form to find the slope and y-intercept.

Find the values of $m$ and $b$ using the form $y = m x + b$ .

$m = \frac{7}{2}$

$b = 4$

The slope of the line is the value of $m$ , and the y-intercept is the value of $b$ .

Slope: $\frac{7}{2}$

y-intercept: $(0, 4)$

Slope: $\frac{7}{2}$

y-intercept: $(0, 4)$

Step 3