SOLUTION: please help me find the slope of a line parallel to each given line. y=-2x+1

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Question 738549: please help me find the slope of a line parallel to each given line. y=-2x+1
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, MathLover1:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slope of this line is -2

The slope of ANY line parallel to this one will also be -2 since all parallel lines have the same slope

So the answer is -2

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

you are given a line , and it is already in form where and
so, the slope of given line is
by definition, a line parallel to given line has same slope; so,

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