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NEED HELP NOW!!! Consider the statement "Two lines in a coordinate plane are parallel if and only if the slopes of the lines are m and m, where m is any real number." Is this statement true or false? Explain your reasoning.

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The statement is true

Your teacher worded things a bit strange, but basically if two lines have the same slope, but different y intercepts, then the lines are parallel. I recommend graphing out something like y = 3x+7 and y = 3x+5 to see two parallel lines forming. These lines will never intersect because each line goes up 3 each time you move to the right 1. So effectively the motion is done in lockstep.

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