Find the Slope of a Parallel Line y=5-8x

$y = 5 - 8 x$

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.

$y = m x + b$

Reorder $5$ and $- 8 x$ .

$y = - 8 x + 5$

Step 2

Using the slope-intercept form, the slope is $- 8$ .

$m = - 8$

Step 3

All lines that are parallel to $y = - 8 x + 5$ have the same slope of $- 8$ .

$m_{parallel} = - 8$

Step 4