SOLUTION: y=1/6x+8 -2x+12y=-11 are the graphs of the lines in the pair parallel?explain

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Question 368726: y=1/6x+8
-2x+12y=-11
are the graphs of the lines in the pair parallel?explain
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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They are two different, parallel lines. Both have slope 1/6. (The top one has y-intercept 8, the bottom one has y-intercept -11/12.)