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

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Find the slope and intercept for $x - 4 y = - 8$ .
Isolate $y$ in the equation.
Take away $x$ from each side:
$- 4 y = - x - 8$
Divide each side by $- 4$ :
$y = \frac{1}{4} x + 2$
Compare the above equation with $y = m x + c$ . Where, $m =$ the slope and $b = y -$ intercept:
Therefore, we get
$\begin{array}{rcl} \Rightarrow & m = \frac{1}{4} \\ \Rightarrow & b = 2 \end{array}$
Hence, the slope is $\frac{1}{4}$ and the $y -$ intercept is $2$ .

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