What is the slope of the line parallel to 7x + 4y = -16?
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Answer:
The slope of the line that is parallel to the given line is
Step-by-step explanation:
Parallel lines have the same slopes and different y-intercepts
The slope of the line who has an equation ax + by = c is m =
Let us use these rules to solve the question
∵ The equation of a given line is 7x + 4y = -16
→ Compare it with the form of the equation above
∴ a = 7 and b = 4
∵ The slope of the line =
∴ The slope of the line =
∵ Parallel lines have the same slope
∴ The slope of the line that is parallel to the given line is
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Step-by-step explanation:
When there is a lot of repetitive calculation to do, I like to let a spreadsheet or graphing calculator do it. The attached shows a spreadsheet that computes all the values you're asked to find.
For a linear equation in standard form, ax +by = c
- the x-intercept is: c/a
- the y-intercept is: c/b
- the slope is: m = -a/b
Of course, the slope-intercept form of the equation is ...
y = (slope)·x + (y-intercept)
and the values of the various points on the graph can be computed from that equation.
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You will note that the last two equations describe the same line.
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<em>Note on spreadsheet formulas</em>
When you put the formulas into the spreadsheet, make sure to fix the column number or row number of the values you're computing, as appropriate. For example, the y-values in the different columns always use the slope from the slope column (fixed), the y-intercept from that column (fixed), and the x-value from the top row (fixed). If you make the cell references relative instead of fixed, you will get wrong answers.
