document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=389226>Question 389226</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether the graphs of each pair of lines are parallel.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+8=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=6x-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Are the graphs of the given equation parallel?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note:the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line is y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+8=y  OR y = 3x + 8   slope m = 3     PTs (0,8), (-8/3,0) ,(-2,2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=6x-3 OR y = 3x -3/2  slope m = 3     PTs (0,-3/2), (1/2,0), (1,3/2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lines have identical slopes, therefore are parallel<BR>\n" );
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