SOLUTION: y = x +7, y= -x +2, determine whether the lines are parallel, perpendicular, neither

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Question 324718: y = x +7, y= -x +2, determine whether the lines are parallel, perpendicular, neither
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Parallel lines have identical slopes, that is to say:



Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals, that is to say:



Both of your equations are in slope-intercept form, hence the slopes are the coefficients on the terms.


John