Question

Which pair of lines is parallel? A. y=4x+1 and y+4=5 B. y=-2+x and 2y-2x=-2 C. y=1/4x + 2 and y-2=1/2x D. y=1/5x+1 and 5y+x= 10

Answer 1

Answer:

B. y=-2+x and 2y-2x=-2

Step-by-step explanation:

Two lines are parallel if they have the same slope.

The equation 0of a line is tipically written as y=mx + b, where 'm' represents the slope and 'b' the y-intercept.

Let's evaluate each of the options:

A. y=4x+1 and y+4x=5

Writing the equations in the slope-intercept form, we get:

y=4x+1 → m=4

y=5-4x → m=-4

Given that they have different slopes, they are not parallel.

B. y=-2+x and 2y-2x=-2

Writing the equations in the slope-intercept form, we get:

y=-2+x → m=1

y=-1 + x → m=1

Given that the equations have the same slope, they are parallel.

C. y=1/4x + 2 and y-2=1/2x

Writing the equations in the slope-intercept form, we get:

y=1/4x + 2  → m=1/4

y=1/2x+2 → m=1/2

Given that they have different slopes, they are not parallel.

D. y=1/5x+1 and 5y+x= 10

Writing the equations in the slope-intercept form, we get:

y=1/5x+1 → m=1/5

5y+x= 10 → y=2 - 1/5x → m=-1/5

Given that they have different slopes, they are not parallel.