Quiz about Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

Question 1

Slopes of parallel lines are...

Accepted Answer

identical

Answer

opposite reciprocals

Answer

opposites

Answer

reciprocals

Question 2

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

Accepted Answer

opposite reciprocals

Answer

opposites

Answer

identical

Answer

reciprocals

Question 3

What slope is perpendicular to:
m = 5/8

Accepted Answer

-8/5

Answer

-5/8

Answer

5/8

Answer

8/5

Question 4

What slope is parallel to:

m = 4

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

-1/4

Answer

-4

Answer

1/4

Question 5

What slope is perpendicular to:

m = -3

Accepted Answer

1/3

Answer

-3

Answer

-1/3

Answer

3

Question 6

The slopes of parallel lines are...

Accepted Answer

the same

Answer

opposite

Answer

always different

Question 7

What is the slope in the equation y=2x + 3?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

5

Answer

Cannot be Determined

Question 8

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?
y = -1/3x - 5
y = 1/3x + 2

Accepted Answer

Neither

Answer

Parallel

Answer

Perpendicular

Question 9

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?

y = -1/4 x - 5

y = 4x + 2

Accepted Answer

Perpendicular

Answer

Parallel

Answer

Neither

Question 10

Write a linear equation in slope intercept form of a line with a slope of 12 and y intercept of 10

Accepted Answer

y=12x+10

Answer

y=12x-10

Answer

y=10x+12

Answer

x=10x-12

Question 11

Which two lines are parallel?

Accepted Answer

$$y=\frac{3}{7}x-25$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=\frac{3}{7}x+2$$

Answer

$$y=\frac{7}{3}x-25$$

Answer

$$y=3x+13$$

Answer

$$y=7x+9$$

Question 12

Which two lines are parallel?

Accepted Answer

$$y=\frac{1}{4}x+2$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=\frac{1}{4}x+9$$

Answer

$$y=-\frac{1}{4}x-25$$

Answer

$$y=-4x-25$$

Answer

$$y=4x+13$$

Question 13

Which line is parallel to the line: $$5x+6y=12$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=-\frac{5}{6}x-2$$

Answer

$$y=\frac{5}{6}x+13$$

Answer

$$y=5x+11$$

Answer

$$y=-5x-100$$

Question 14

Which lines are parallel to the line: $$5x+8y=32$$

Accepted Answer

$$y-2=-\frac{5}{8}\left(x+3\right)$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=-\frac{5}{8}x+13$$

Answer

$$y=\frac{5}{8}x-1$$

Answer

$$y-12=\frac{5}{8}\left(x+13\right)$$

Answer

$$y-5=\frac{5}{8}\left(x+8\right)$$

Question 15

What is the reciprocal of: $$\frac{8}{5}$$

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{5}{8}$$

Answer

$$\frac{8}{5}$$

Answer

$$-\frac{8}{5}$$

Answer

$$-\frac{5}{8}$$

Question 16

Which two lines are perpendicular?

Accepted Answer

$$y=\frac{3}{7}x-25$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=-\frac{7}{3}x-25$$

Answer

$$y=-\frac{3}{7}x+2$$

Answer

$$y=3x+13$$

Answer

$$y=7x+9$$

Question 17

Which line is perpendicular to the line: $$5x+6y=12$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=\frac{6}{5}x+11$$

Answer

$$y=-\frac{5}{6}x-2$$

Answer

$$y=\frac{5}{6}x+13$$

Answer

$$y=-\frac{6}{5}x-100$$

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

slope

Answer

y-intercept

Answer

measurements

Answer

nothing

Question 19

What does 'b" represent in y=mx+b

Accepted Answer

y-intercept

Answer

base

Answer

nothing

Answer

slope

Question 20

y = 3x +2
y = 3x - 3
These lines are...

Accepted Answer

Parallel

Answer

Perpendicular

Answer

Neither

Answer

The same line

Question 21

y = -2/3x + 2
y = 3/2x + 9
These lines are...

Accepted Answer

Perpendicular

Answer

Parallel

Answer

Neither

Question 22

If the lines are perpendicular to each other and the slope of the blue line is $$\frac{1}{2}$$ , what is the slope of the purple line?

Accepted Answer

-2

Answer

2

Answer

$$-\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Question 23

Choose the linear equation that is parallel to the following line

$$y=-\frac{1}{4}x-1$$

Accepted Answer

$$y=-\frac{1}{4}x+5$$

Answer

$$y=\frac{1}{4}x-1$$

Answer

$$y=-4x-1$$

Answer

$$y=4x-1$$

Question 24

Which of the following represents the equation of the line PERPENDICULAR to the line y = -1/2x + 5/2?

Accepted Answer

y = 2x + 13

Answer

y = 2x + 5

Answer

y = -1/2x + 3

Answer

y = -1/4x + 11/2

Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

25 questions

Slopes of parallel lines are...

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

What slope is perpendicular to:
m = 5/8

What slope is parallel to:
m = 4

What slope is perpendicular to:
m = -3

Determine the equation of a line perpendicular to y=-3x-2 and going through the point (9, 2), in slope-intercept form.

The slopes of parallel lines are...

What is the slope in the equation y=2x + 3?

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?
y = -1/3x - 5
y = 1/3x + 2

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?
y = -1/4 x - 5
y = 4x + 2

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Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

25 questions

Slopes of parallel lines are...

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

What slope is perpendicular to: m = 5/8

What slope is parallel to:m = 4

What slope is perpendicular to: m = -3

Determine the equation of a line perpendicular to y=-3x-2 and going through the point (9, 2), in slope-intercept form.

The slopes of parallel lines are...

What is the slope in the equation y=2x + 3?

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?y = -1/3x - 5y = 1/3x + 2

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?y = -1/4 x - 5y = 4x + 2

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What slope is perpendicular to:
m = 5/8

What slope is parallel to:
m = 4

What slope is perpendicular to:
m = -3

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?
y = -1/3x - 5
y = 1/3x + 2

Are these two lines parallel, perpendicular or neither?
y = -1/4 x - 5
y = 4x + 2