If you move the negative on the left side of the second equation over to the right side, then we can see that the equation is equivalent to \(y={-2x} - 13\).
Remember that an equation \(y = mx + b\) represents a line with slope \(m\) and y-intercept \(b\). Since both equations given have a slope of -2, but have different y-intercepts, they are parallel.
