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Answer:

  (c)  -0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Starting from standard form ...

  ax +by = c

and solving for y, we get the slope-intercept form ...

  y = (-a/b)x +c/b

The coefficient of x is the slope: -a/b.

For your equation x+2y=16, the slope is -1/2 = -0.5.