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Question 604148: Hi, I've been having trouble solving this problem because I really don't even know where to start on it! Could you please show me the steps to solve it?
Here it is;
Find the value of k such that the line passing through (2, -1) and (-3,k) is parallel to the line passing through (10,k) and (-1,-2)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: Parallel lines have equal slopes. The slope formula is m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29

So if the two slopes are equal, then

%28k-%28-1%29%29%2F%28-3-2%29=%28-2-k%29%2F%28-1-10%29