The equation x + 2y = 16 is in standard form.What is the slope of the line?

Solve for y to put the equation in slope-intercept form: x + 2y = 16 becomes 2y = −x + 16, then y = −0.5x + 8. The slope is the coefficient of x, so the slope is −0.5, choice C.

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