Question

What is the slope of a line that is parallel to the line whose equation is 0.5x-5y=9

Answer 1

0.5x - 5y = 9

Make y the subject:

5y = 0.5x - 9

y = 0.1x - 1.8

Match equation with y = mx + b

m = slope = 0.1

Parallel Slope = 0.1

Answer: The slope of the parallel line is 0.1

Answer 2

The slopes of parallel line are the same.

We have: 0.5x - 5y = 9

Let's transform to slope-intercept form y = mx + b

0.5x - 5y = 9 |-0.5x

-5y = -0.5x + 9 |:(-5)

y = 0.1x - 1.8

Your answer is m = 0.1