What is the slope represented by 1/8x+3y=3
lets see...
1/8x+3y=3
We turn it into linear by moving the variable and the number:
1/8x=3-3y
1/8x-3=-3y
then we turn the -3y into y:
-1/24+1=y !
slope (or gradient)=-1/24
(I don't know if I am right.)