Question

What is the parallel slope to this equation? f(x)=-5x + 6

Answer 1

Remember the equation of a line with slope m and y-intercept b:

`y=mx+b`

Which can be expressed in terms of functions by replacing y=f(x)

`f(x)=mx+b`

Any line with the same slope will be parallel to that equation.

By comparing with:

`f(x)=-5x+6`

We can know that its slope is equal to -5.

Since the "parallel slope" is just the slope, then