Chapter 1 - Section 1.3 - Linear Functions and Models - Exercises - Page 90: 20

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$8x-2y=1$ $8x-1=2y$ $y=4x-\frac{1}{2}$ The slope is the coefficient of x (in $y = mx + b$ form) and is the rise over the run (or the change in y over the change in x). Now the coefficient of x is $4$, so this is the slope.