SOLUTION: y=3x+7,8x-2y=16,are the graph lines of the lines in the pair parallel?

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Question 351591: y=3x+7,8x-2y=16,are the graph lines of the lines in the pair parallel?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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If they were, they'd have the same slope, different intercepts.
Convert to slope-intercept form,
8x-2y=16
2y=8x-16
y=4x-8
No, they're not parallel.
m1=3
m2=4