I dont get how to do it.

Question

My question is: The equation of line a is y=7/4x+8. Line b is parallel to line a. what is the slope of line b?

I dont know how to solve this.

Answer 1

7/4

for a straight line, any parallel line has the same slope equal to the coefficient of the x term, when the equation is solved for y

y= (7/4)x + 8 has a slope of 7/4

any parallel line also has a slope of 7/4