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Verifying that and are Parallel
To determine whether the horizontal lines and are parallel, rewrite each equation in slope-intercept form and compare slopes and -intercepts.
First equation: Since there is no term, write as to make the slope explicit. The slope is and the -intercept is .
Second equation: Similarly, write as . The slope is and the -intercept is .
Compare slopes and -intercepts:
- First line: , -intercept
- Second line: , -intercept
Because both lines have the same slope () but different -intercepts ( vs. ), the lines are parallel.
Alternatively, recognizing immediately that both equations have the form reveals that both are horizontal lines. All horizontal lines have slope , and since they cross the -axis at different heights ( and ), they never intersect and are therefore parallel.
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