Question

Which of the following lines is parallel to the line that goes through the points (5, 8) and (3, 6)? Please help me!!!!!!

Answer 1

Any line with the slope 1 or y = x + b

Explanation:

Parallel lines by definition have the same slope

Value of the y-intercept or b doesn't matter in this case

You have to find the slope of the line through (3,6) and (5,8)

Slope equation is

`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

Plug in values given

`(8-6)/(5-3)`

Evaluate

`(2)/(2) =1`

Any line with the slope of 1 (or no co-efficient in front of x) would be parallel to the line through (3,6) and (5,8)