From:


http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/line-parallel-perpendicular.html

"Parallel Lines

How do you know if two lines are parallel?

Their slopes are the same!"

The lines must also have different y-intercepts, else they are the
same line.

So, if you know that their slopes are the same, then you don't
(automatically) know if they are parallel lines or not.

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Edit:


On parallel vertical lines:

"a vertical line is parallel to another vertical line."

No, for example, x = -2 is a vertical line, and

3x + 6 = 0 is another vertical line.  These lines
are not parallel to each other because they are the
same line.


Distinct vertical lines are parallel to each other.

Last edited by reconsideryouranswer (2011-11-26 17:01:32)