Find the Slope of a Parallel Line 7x+4y=-2

$7 x + 4 y = - 2$

Step 1

Rewrite in slope-intercept form.

The slope-intercept form is $y = m x + b$ , where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y-intercept.

$y = m x + b$

Subtract $7 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 y = - 2 - 7 x$

Divide each term in $4 y = - 2 - 7 x$ by $4$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $4 y = - 2 - 7 x$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 y}{4} = \frac{- 2}{4} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 y}{4} = \frac{- 2}{4} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{- 2}{4} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Cancel the common factor of $- 2$ and $4$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 2$ .

$y = \frac{2 (- 1)}{4} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $4$ .

$y = \frac{2 \cdot - 1}{2 \cdot 2} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Cancel the common factor.

$y = \frac{2 \cdot - 1}{2 \cdot 2} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Rewrite the expression.

$y = \frac{- 1}{2} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{1}{2} + \frac{- 7 x}{4}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{1}{2} - \frac{7 x}{4}$

Write in $y = m x + b$ form.

Reorder $- \frac{1}{2}$ and $- \frac{7 x}{4}$ .

$y = - \frac{7 x}{4} - \frac{1}{2}$

Reorder terms.

$y = - (\frac{7}{4} x) - \frac{1}{2}$

Remove parentheses.

$y = - \frac{7}{4} x - \frac{1}{2}$

Step 2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $- \frac{7}{4}$ .

$m = - \frac{7}{4}$

Step 3

All lines that are parallel to $y = - \frac{7}{4} x - \frac{1}{2}$ have the same slope of $- \frac{7}{4}$ .

$m_{parallel} = - \frac{7}{4}$

Step 4

Find the Slope of a Parallel Line 7x+4y=-2

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