Choose the correct answer for the function.
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Choose the correct answer for the function.
Let's start with option A
In a linear function, to check if the functions are parallel, you must verify if their slope is the same.
y = ax+b
The slope is a
In the original formula:
y = -x+1
The slope is 1
In option A there is no a at all, which means it equals 1, which means the slope is not the same and the option is incorrect.
Option B:
To check if the function passes through the points, we will try to place them in the function:
-1 = -(-2)+1
-1 = 2+1
-1 = 3
The points do not match, and therefore the function does not pass through this point.
Option C:
We rearrange the function, in a way that is more convenient:
y = -1-x
y = -x-1
You can see that the slope in the function is the same as we found for the original function (-1), so this is the solution!
Option D:
When the slope is negative, the function is decreasing, as the slope is -1, the function is negative and this answer is incorrect.
The graph is parallel to the graph of function
What is the solution to the following inequality?
\( 10x-4≤-3x-8 \)
Always rewrite in standard form first! For example, becomes , so the slope is -1.
Their slopes are different! The first has slope -1, the second has slope +1. Parallel lines must have exactly the same slope but different y-intercepts.
Substitute the x-coordinate into the equation and see if you get the y-coordinate. For : → False!
Look at the slope! Positive slope = increasing function, negative slope = decreasing function. Since has slope -1, it's decreasing.
Yes! and are parallel because they both have slope -1, just different y-intercepts (1 and -1).
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