Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

What does "m" represent in y=mx+b?

• y-intercept
• slope
• macaroni
• nothing

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

Slopes of parallel lines are...

• opposite reciprocals.
• opposites.
• identical.
• always 7.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

• opposite reciprocals.
• opposites.
• identical.
• always 7.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Which of the following lines goes through the point (0, 4) and is parallel to y = 5x - 3?

• y = 1/5x - 3
• y= 5x - 7
• y = 5x + 4
• y = -5x - 3

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

Which of the following lines goes through the point        (-3, 4) and is perpendicular to  y = 3/2x + 6?

• y = 3/2x - 6
• y = 2/3x + 3
• y = -2/3x - 2
• y = -2/3x + 2

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

What slope is perpendicular to:  
m = 5/8

• -5/8
• 5/8
• -8/5
• 8/5

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Write the equation of the line PARALLEL to the line y = 4x - 9 that passes through the point (-2, 4)

• y = 4x + 12

• y = -4x -4

• y = -1/4x + 5/2

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

If the lines are parallel to each other and the slope of the blue line is 1/4, what is the slope of the purple line?

• 4

• -4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

• 2

• -2

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

• Parallel

• Perendicular

• Neither

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.4.G.A.1