SOLUTION: test prep help... please explain... which equasion represents a line parallel to the graph of 2x-4y=16 answer choices A. y=-2x+6 B. y=-1/2x+4 C. y=1/2x-5 D. y=2x+8

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Question 459103: test prep help... please explain...
which equasion represents a line parallel to the graph of 2x-4y=16
answer choices
A. y=-2x+6
B. y=-1/2x+4
C. y=1/2x-5
D. y=2x+8

thank you:)

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Parallel lines have the and will never intersect.
a line parallel to the graph of should have same slope
now find a slope :
.....first write it in form:




so, the answer is C.
let's see a graph:


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