document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=515038>Question 515038</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what are the slopes of these lines, and the slopes of lines parallel to them?:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.) y = 2/3x - 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.) y - 4 = -8/17(x-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.) x = 4y + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.) the line through (2, 8) (-4, -7) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1.) y = 2/3x - 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compare the above equatoin with the Equation of the Stright line Standard form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope = m = 2/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.) y - 4 = -8/17(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rearrage the above euqation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8/17(x-3)+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8/17(x)-(-8/17)(3)+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8/17(x)+(24/17)+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8/17(x)+(24+68)/17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-8/17(x)+92/17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compare the above equation with the Equation of the Stright line Standard form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope=m=-8/17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.) x = 4y + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rearrage the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-2=4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-2)/4=4y/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-2)/4=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/4-2/4=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/4(x)-1/2=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=1/4(x)-1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compare the above equation with the Equation of the Stright line Standard form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope = m = 1/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.) the line through (2, 8) (-4, -7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use equation of straight line point-slope form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=y2-y1/x2-x1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-7-8/-4-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-15/-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=5/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope = m = 5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since parallel lines have same slope, therefore lines parallel to them will have same slope. </SPAN>\n" );
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