document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=133650>Question 133650</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need to find the slope of a line parallel to the graph of each equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4x + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2/7x + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Help! I teach 5th grade not 7th. Can't even begin to explain it to my son. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #97837 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=97837\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> parallel lines have the SAME slope\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "these equations are in slope-intercept form __ y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope is the ratio of the change in y to the change in x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ the \"rise\" divided by the \"run\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the y-intercept is the point on the y-axis where the line crosses\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope of the first graph is 4 __ a line parallel to it would have a slope of 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the slope of the second graph is 2/7 __ a line parallel to it would have a slope of 2/7<BR>\n" );
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