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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

you are given a line +y=-2x%2B1, and it is already in slope-intercept form y=mx%2Bb where m=slope and b=y-intercept
so, the slope of given line +y=-2x%2B1 is m=-2
by definition, a line parallel to given line has same slope; so, m%5Bp%5D=-2