Question

The following lines are parallel:y = 3x + 7y = - 1 / 3x - 1Select one:TrueFalse

Answer 1

False

Explanations:

The equation of a line in slope-intercept form is given as;

y = mx + b

where:

• m is the ,slope

,

• b is the ,y-intercept

For two lines to be parallel, they must have the same slope and for them to be perpendicular, the product of their slope must be -1.

Given the equations below;

`\begin{gathered} y=3x+7 \\ y=-(1)/(3)x-1 \end{gathered}`

From the equations, you can see that the equations does not have the same slope, therefore they are not parallel. The statement that the lines are parallel is FALSE