Question

What is the slope of a line that runs parallel to y = -x + 7? Use a number to fill in the blank.

Answer 1

slope of \(y=mx+b\) is \(m\)
slope of \(y=-x+7\) is ?

Answer 2

I don't get it... .-.

Answer 3

>.<

Answer 4

that doesn't really help much .-.

Answer 5

your real job here is to find the slope of \(y=-x+7\) because the slope of a parallel line is the same

Answer 6

so the question is really this
"what is the slope of \(y=-x+7\)?"

Answer 7

Slope of lines that are parallel are the same
So your slope in slope intercept y=mx+b (y=-x+7) is -1

Answer 8

and you can visualize this as
\[y=-1\times x+7\]

Answer 9

What @satellite73 said :)

Answer 10

match this with
\[y=mx+b\]and you see that \(m=-1\)

Answer 11

hope it is clearer now