SOLUTION: Help me please figure this out. I don't get it??? Are the following lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither? L1 through (–4, –7) and (1, 3) L2 through (2, 6) and (4, 1

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Question 73811: Help me please figure this out. I don't get it???
Are the following lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
L1 through (–4, –7) and (1, 3)
L2 through (2, 6) and (4, 10)

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the slopes and
They are parallel if
They are perpendicular if
Now find the slopes, which is (change in y) / (change in x)






, so the lines are parallel

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