document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=583708>Question 583708</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which of the following equations represents a line parallel to y = 5x - 7?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9y = 5x + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9y -45x = -7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 45x - 63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9y = 5x -7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve each of the answer equations for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> which is to say put them in slope-intercept <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(y\ =\ mx\ +\ b\right)\"> form where the coefficient on <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represents the slope of the graph of the equation.  Parallel lines have identical slopes.  For example, the third answer is already in slope-intercept form and the coefficient on <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> is 45.  Since 45 is not equal to 5, the coefficient on <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in the given equation, the graphs cannot be parallel.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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