Find the Slope of a Parallel Line x+9y=-7

$x + 9 y = - 7$

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.

$9 y = - 7 - x$

Divide each term in $9 y = - 7 - x$ by $9$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $9 y = - 7 - x$ by $9$ .

$\frac{9 y}{9} = \frac{- 7}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $9$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{9 y}{9} = \frac{- 7}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{- 7}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{7}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{7}{9} - \frac{x}{9}$

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

Reorder $- \frac{7}{9}$ and $- \frac{x}{9}$ .

$y = - \frac{x}{9} - \frac{7}{9}$

Reorder terms.

$y = - (\frac{1}{9} x) - \frac{7}{9}$

Remove parentheses.

$y = - \frac{1}{9} x - \frac{7}{9}$

Step 2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $- \frac{1}{9}$ .

$m = - \frac{1}{9}$

Step 3

All lines that are parallel to $y = - \frac{1}{9} x - \frac{7}{9}$ have the same slope of $- \frac{1}{9}$ .

$m_{parallel} = - \frac{1}{9}$

Step 4