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What is the slope of a line parallel to y=-4x+7?

Answer 1

The slope will be #-4#.

Your equation is in the Slope-Intercept form: #y=mx+c# where #m# is the slope; in your case slope is #m=-4#. The parallel must have the same slope, i.e., #-4#.

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Answer 2

Kennedy Adams

#m = 1/4#

This equation is in the form #y = mx + c#

The gradient is -4.

Perpendicular gradients are negative reciprocals of each other.

#m_1 xx m__2 =-1#

The negative reciprocal of -4 is #1/4# This is the required gradient.

Check: #-4 xx 1/4 = -1#

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Answer 3

Jace Anderson

The slope of a line parallel to ( y = -4x + 7 ) is ( -4 ).

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