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

2 Answers
Jun 24, 2016

The slope will be -4.

Explanation:

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.

Jun 24, 2016

m = 1/4

Explanation:

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