SOLUTION: Determine if two equations are perpendicular. y=8x-8 2y=5-x

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Question 368826: Determine if two equations are perpendicular.
y=8x-8
2y=5-x

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If their slopes are negative reciprocals, they are perpendicular...let's find the slopes of
y=8x-8
2y=5-x
Using y = mx + b, the first has a slope of 8, and solving the second for y, we get

and its slope is -1/2.
Thus these are not perpendicular.

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