SOLUTION: Find "k" if the line 3x+ky=5 is parallel to the line 2x-7y=4.

Question 360482: Find "k" if the line 3x+ky=5 is parallel to the line 2x-7y=4.
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Find "k" if the line 3x+ky=5 is parallel to the line 2x-7y=4.
Find the slope of 2x - 7y = 4, put in the slope/intercept form
-7y = -2x + 4
7y = 2x - 4; multiplied by -1
y = x -
:
slope = we know parallel lines have the same slope
:
put 3x + ky = 5 in the slope/intercept form
ky = - 3x + 5
y = x +
:
slopes are equal therefore:
=
cross multiply
2k = -3 * 7
2k = -21
k =
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