Slopes and Parallel Lines

Will these lines ever intersect? How do you know?

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Slopes of parallel lines are...

• opposite reciprocals.

• opposites.

• the same.

• always 7.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

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

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Neither

• The same line

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

If the lines are parallel to each other and the slope of the blue line is 1/4, what is the slope of the purple line?

• 4

• -4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What slope is parallel to:  
m = 4

• 4

• -1/4

• -4

• 1/4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

A line is parallel to y = 5x - 17. What is the slope of the parallel line?

• -17

• 5

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Find the slope of a line parallel to the line below.
y = 2x + 4

• 2

• -1/2

• 1/2

• -2

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

If a line has a slope m=-5/9, then what is the slope of the line that is parallel to it?

• m=-9/5

• m=-5/9

• m=9/5

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

A line has a slope of -1/2. What is the slope of the parallel line?

• -1/2

• 1/2

• -2/1

• 2/1

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6