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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Discovery Activity

1. The document discusses parallel and perpendicular lines, providing examples of drawing lines with given equations on a graph and noticing their relationships. 2. It asks questions about determining if lines are parallel based on their equations, finding the slope of a parallel line, writing equations of parallel lines, and finding the equation of a parallel line given its slope and a point. 3. The document also covers writing equations of lines parallel or perpendicular to given lines, in point-slope or slope-intercept form, based on a given point and the line's relationship to another line.

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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Discovery Activity

1. The document discusses parallel and perpendicular lines, providing examples of drawing lines with given equations on a graph and noticing their relationships. 2. It asks questions about determining if lines are parallel based on their equations, finding the slope of a parallel line, writing equations of parallel lines, and finding the equation of a parallel line given its slope and a point. 3. The document also covers writing equations of lines parallel or perpendicular to given lines, in point-slope or slope-intercept form, based on a given point and the line's relationship to another line.

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Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

Set up your x & y­axes.
On the same graph, draw 
1. Is the equation y = 3x + 2 parallel to
the lines:
2y + 3x = 3? Explain/Show your work.
y = 2x + 5

y = 2x ­ 3

y = 2x
2. Find the slope of a line parallel to a line
y = 2x ­ 6
whose slope is -2/3.
Now, what do you What do you notice
notice about your about your graphs?
equations?

3. Come up with 3 equations of 3 DIFFERENT


lines that are all parallel.

4. Find the equation of the line that is parallel


to y = 3x + 5 and contains the point (1, -2)
Set up your x & y­axes. Parallel & Perpendicular Lines
On the same graph, draw 
the lines:
y = 2x + 5
y = -1x - 3
2

y = -4x
y = 1x - 2
4

1. Write the point-slope form of an equation of the line


Now, what do you
What do you notice that is parallel to y - 3x = 5 and contains the point (1,5).
notice about your
about your graphs?
equations?
2. Write the slope-intercept form of an equation of a line that
passes through (-3,1) and is parallel to y = 1/3x + 2.

3. Write the point-slope form of an equation of a line that


passes through (2,-2) and is perpendicular to 2x + y = 5.
Parallel & Perpendicular Lines Summary

Given an equation AND a point, how do we write the equation of a line PARALLEL to it
in slope-intercept form?

Given an equation AND a point, how do we write the equation of a line


PERPENDICULAR to it in slope-intercept form?

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