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Description:

ACT Math: Coordinate Geometry Drill 3, Problem 5. What is the slope of a line parallel to one with the given equation?

Language:

English Language

Subjects:

ACT Mathematics / Coordinate Geometry
ACT Math / Coordinate Geometry
Geometry / Coordinate Geometry
Algebra / Coordinates and Graphs

Tags:

Coordinate Geometry / Graphs of points, lines, polynomials, and circles
Coordinate Geometry / Parallel and perpendicular lines
Product Type / ACT Math
Foreign Language / Arabic Subtitled
Foreign Language / Korean Subtitled
Foreign Language / Chinese Subtitled
Foreign Language / Spanish Subtitled
Coordinate Geometry / Slope

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.Math.Content.8.G.A.1
CCSS.Math.Content.8.F.A.2
CCSS.Math.Content.7.G.A.2
CCSS.Math.Content.7.G.A.3
CCSS.Math.Content.6.G.A.3
CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.1
CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.2

Transcript

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For a good time, solve this shmoopy question...
00:05
What is the slope of a line parallel to Y equals 3/4 X plus 1?
00:10
And here are your options...
00:13
Okay, the line they give us is
00:16
already in the Y equals MX plus B format

00:20
So we just need to identify the M here
00:24
and its this thing... 3/4. Parallel lines
00:27
all have the same slope so anything of slope 3/4
00:31
will be parallel to anything else with slope of 3/4.
00:35
Looks like C is our answer.
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