SOLUTION: Determine whether the lines y-4=3x and 2y-6x=8 are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.

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Question 751568: Determine whether the lines y-4=3x and 2y-6x=8 are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
Found 2 solutions by lynnlo, josmiceli:
Answer by lynnlo(4176)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
perpendicular
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Put them both into the standard form
which looks like:

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Subtract from both sides

Write it the other way around

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Just write it this way:

Now divide both sides by

Multiply both sides by

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They are both the same equation, so neither is the
correct choice

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