document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=849777>Question 849777</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me figure out if y=4x+12 and -4x+3y=21 are parallel on a graph chart </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #511735 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=511735\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first one is in slope intercept form.  The slope is 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second one is in standard form, and some of what you learn about this form for a line is that ..., in this example's case, 4/3 is the slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lines in the plane are parallel if their slopes are equal. </SPAN>\n" );
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