SOLUTION: Determine whether the lines 5y = 4x + 10 and 4y = -5x + 4 are parallel, perpendicular or neither

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Question 313374: Determine whether the lines 5y = 4x + 10 and 4y = -5x + 4 are parallel, perpendicular or neither
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Put both lines in slope-intercept form,


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Parallel lines have identical slopes, which is not the case here.
Perpendicular line have slopes that are negative reciprocals.


The lines are perpendicular.

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