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You have to get your equation into slope intercept form. Slope intercept form is y=mx+b

Now use algebra on your equation to get "y" on the left side and "x" and the numbers on the right side..

2y = 5 - 8x

y = -(8/2)x + (5/2)

y = -4x + 2.5

Now it is slope intercept form. In the previous y=mx+b equation your m=slope

Therefore in your equation m=-4 so your slope is -4/1

This means it go down four units and left one unit. This is rise over run.

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