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1-Give the x and y intercepts of Y= -8x-4

2-Give the slope of the line that contains (5,-2) and (-2,-2).

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X and Y-intercepts and a slope are found and the details are provided.

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1. The x-intercept is the x value when y=0, so by solving 0 = -8x-4, x= - 0.5
the y-intercept ...

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