Parallel and Perpendicular Slopes and Equations

Determine the slope and y-intercept from the following equation:   2y = 3x + 6

• m: 2/3   b:  (0,3) 

• m: 3/2   b:  (0,3) 

• m:  4  b:  (0,3/2)

• m: 1/5   b:  (0,5) 

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

A line is perpendicular to    y = 2x - 7.
What is the slope of this line? 

• -2

• 1/2

• -1/2

• 2

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

y= 5x-10 and y = -5x +8 are parallel.  True or False. Explain

• True, they have the same slope

• False, their slopes are opposites

• True, they have different y-intercepts

• False, they have different y-intercepts

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

Choose the most precise answer: These streets are

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Intersecting

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Choose the most precise answer: These roads are

• Intersecting

• Perpendicular

• Parallel

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

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

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Neither

• The same line

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

A line is perpendicular to y = 2x - 7.

What is the slope of the perpendicular line?

• -2

• 1/2

• -1/2

• 2

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Write an equation in slope intercept form that is perpendicular to y = -3x + 4 and passes through the point (9,5).

• y = 3x - 32

• y = -3x + 22

• y = 1/3x - 8

• y = 1/3x + 2

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

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Neither

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Which equation is parallel to:

• y = 5x + 2

• y = (-1/5) x

• y = 4

• y = x