Choose the equation of the line passing through the point (-2, 6) and parallel to y = 1/2x-8 A) y=1/2x+7 B) y=1/2x+5 C) y=2+7 D) y=2x+5
parallel to the equation, what doe that mean in terms of the slope?
are you looking for the same slope or opposite reciprocals? If you know the answer to that question, then you can eliminate 2 of your choices.
what?....
|dw:1341417787831:dw| your equation y=(1/2)x-8 looks like this
|dw:1341417839016:dw| parallel lines look like this, in your equation one of the numbers guarantee that
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if it's parallel, then the slope should be the same, which is 1/2 that leaves a and b... now put the coordinates (-2,6) to both equations and the equation that satisfies it is the answer. the answer is a because y=1/2x +7 6+1=7
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