Find the Slope of a Parallel Line x-5y=-6

$x - 5 y = - 6$

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 $x$ from both sides of the equation.

$- 5 y = - 6 - x$

Divide each term in $- 5 y = - 6 - x$ by $- 5$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 5 y = - 6 - x$ by $- 5$ .

$\frac{- 5 y}{- 5} = \frac{- 6}{- 5} + \frac{- x}{- 5}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 5$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 5 y}{- 5} = \frac{- 6}{- 5} + \frac{- x}{- 5}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{- 6}{- 5} + \frac{- x}{- 5}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$y = \frac{6}{5} + \frac{- x}{- 5}$

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$y = \frac{6}{5} + \frac{x}{5}$

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

Reorder $\frac{6}{5}$ and $\frac{x}{5}$ .

$y = \frac{x}{5} + \frac{6}{5}$

Reorder terms.

$y = \frac{1}{5} x + \frac{6}{5}$

Step 2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $\frac{1}{5}$ .

$m = \frac{1}{5}$

Step 3

All lines that are parallel to $y = \frac{1}{5} x + \frac{6}{5}$ have the same slope of $\frac{1}{5}$ .

$m_{parallel} = \frac{1}{5}$

Step 4