Question

What is the slope of a line parallel to line B?

Answer 1

Step 1: Find the slope of the line. To find the slope of the given line we need to get the line into slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), which means we need to solve for y: The slope of the line 3x – 5y = 9 is m = 3/5. Therefore, the slope of the line parallel to this line would have to be m = 3/5.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{5}{2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The slope of a line parallel to b has the exact same slope as b. Therefore, by finding the slope of b, you will find the slope of a line parallel to be as well.

The following formula is used to find m, the slope of the line, using the two given points:

$m=\frac{y_{1}-y_{2} }{x_{1}-x_{2} } \\m=\frac{5--5}{3--1} \\m=\frac{5+5}{3+1} \\m=\frac{10}{4} \\m=\frac{5}{2}$