Having trouble understanding Slopes and graphs portion of my Algebra class. please help. The problem is Determine which two equations represent parallel lines. (a) y = 6x – 10 (b) y = –6x + 10 (c) y = 6x + 5 (d) y = x – 10 You need to know: (1) that parallel lines have equal slopes. and (2) that y = mx + b is the equation of a linbe with slope = m [and with y-intercept (0,b), although we don't need y-intercept here]. So compare each equation (a), (b), (c), and (d) with the slope-intercept form y = mx + b y = mx + b ----------------- (a) y = 6x – 10 <--- Here the slope m is 6 (b) y = –6x + 10 <--- Here the slope m is -6 (c) y = 6x + 5 <--- Here the slope m is 6 (d) y = 1x – 10 <--- Here the slope m is 1 Thus (a) and (c) have the same slope and so are parallel. The graph of (a) y = 6x – 10 is:=================================================================== The graph of (b) y = -6x + 10 is =================================================================== The graph of (c) y = 6x + 5 is =================================================================== The graph of (d) y = x – 10 is =================================================================== Edwin