SOLUTION: find the slope and y-intercept of the line y=6x-13. Is the line parallel to y=-6x-12?

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Question 118760: find the slope and y-intercept of the line y=6x-13. Is the line parallel to y=-6x-12?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let's find the slope of y=6x-13

Let's use the general equation y=mx%2Bb where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept

From y=6x-13, we can see that m=6 and b=-13

So the slope of y=6x-13 is m=6



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Let's find the slope of y=-6x-12

Let's use the general equation y=mx%2Bb where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept

From y=-6x-12, we can see that m=-6 and b=-12

So the slope of y=-6x-12 is m=-6



Since the two slopes are not equal, the two lines are not parallel.