How do i find the slope of a line parallel to y=3x+8

Sanya noticed that the temperature was falling at a steady rate of 1.4 degrees every hour from the time that she first checked her outdoor thermometer. by 6 a.m., the temperature had fallen 21 degrees. which expression can you use to find how many hours earlier she had first checked the thermometer?

The focus of parabola is (-4, -5), and its directrix is y= -1. fill in the missing terms and signs in parabolas equation in standard form

David estimated he had about 20 fish in his pond. a year later, there were about 1.5 times as many fish. the year after that, the number of fish increased by a factor of 1.5 again. the number of fish is modeled by f(x)=20(1.5)^x. create a question you could ask that could be answered only by graphing or using a logarithm.