SOLUTION: find the slope of a line parallel to each given line. 7x + 7y = 20

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Question 963417: find the slope of a line parallel to each given line.
7x + 7y = 20
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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7x+7y=20
7y=-7x+20
y=(-7/7)x+(20/7)
y=-1x+(20/7) This is slope intercept form.
Parallel lines have the same slope,
so the slope of a parallel line would be -1.
ANSWER: Slope of parallel line=-1.