Remember that to find the equation of a straight line you need to know its gradient and a point on the line. In some instances you are told the value of the gradient, however there are times where you ...

Parallel lines are a fixed distance apart and will never meet, no matter how long they are extended. Lines that are parallel have the same gradient. The graphs above, \(y = 2x + 1\) and \(y = 2x - 2\) ...