document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=827233>Question 827233</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> are the graphs of the line in the pair parallel? explain y=4x+6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-15x+3y=-45<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-15x+3y=-45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of y=4x+6 is 4.  Notice that the form is y = mx + b where m is slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the slope of -15x+3y=-45 , solve for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-15x+3y=-45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add 15x to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 3y = 15x -45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide each side by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  y = 5x - 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope of this equation is 5 which does not match the slope of the first <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation, since the slope of the first equation is 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the slopes are not the same, the lines are not parallel. </SPAN>\n" );
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