Pearson Geometry Common Core, 2011
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8. Slopes of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
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Exercise 24 Page 202

How do you know if lines are parallel?

No, see solution.

Practice makes perfect
Lines are parallel if their slopes are identical. Let's write each equation in slope-intercept form, highlighting their slopes.


Given Equation Slope-Intercept Form Slope
y-7x=6 y= 7x+6 m_1= 7
y+7x=8 y= -7x+8 m_2= -7

Since the slopes of the given lines are not identical, the lines are not parallel.