SOLUTION: Please Help: Find the slope of a line that is parallel to the following line: y= 5x - 5 PS: Just the slope, not an equation of the line Thanks, DB

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Question 55017: Please Help: Find the slope of a line that is parallel to the following line:
y= 5x - 5
PS: Just the slope, not an equation of the line
Thanks,
DB
Answer by funmath(2873) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the slope of a line that is parallel to the following line:
y= 5x - 5
Hi DB,
This line is in slope intercept form: highlight%28y=mx%2Bb%29, where m= slope and b=y-intercept.
y=highlight%285%29x-5 The slope of this line is 5.
Parallel lines have slopes that are equal, so the slope of the line that is parallel to y=5x-5 is highlight%285%29.
Happy Calculating!!!
funmath